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koala

[ koh-ah-luh ]

noun

  1. a sluggish, tailless, gray, furry, arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, of Australia.


koala

/ kəʊˈɑːlə /

noun

  1. a slow-moving Australian arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctus cinereus, having dense greyish fur and feeding on eucalyptus leaves and bark Also called (Austral)native bear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of koala1

1800–10; erroneous spelling for earlier koola ( h ) (now obsolete) < Dharuk gú-la
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Word History and Origins

Origin of koala1

from a native Australian language
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Example Sentences

Blink, and a friend’s little bundle of semi-consciousness has grown to the size of a koala.

Like other organisms, some yeasts have evolved to be specialists -- think koalas, which eat nothing but eucalyptus leaves -- while others are generalists like raccoons, which eat just about anything.

More than a dozen koalas were convalescing in open-air enclosures, wrapping their woolly arms around the trunks of eucalyptus trees.

It is the birthplace of songbirds, the land of egg-laying mammals and the world capital of pouch-bearing marsupials, a group that encompasses far more than just koalas and kangaroos.

“Koala Lou,” also by Ms. Fox, tells the story of a young koala wrestling with the arrival of a new sibling.

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