koalan.

Brit.

/kəʊˈɑːlə/, U.S.

/koʊˈɑlə/,

/kəˈwɑlə/

Forms: Also 1800s coola(h, kool-la, koolah.

Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language: given as kūlla in Dippil, kūlā on George's River (Ridley Kámilarói, pp. 64, 104); koala was perhaps originally a misreading of koola. Hence the name of the town Coolah in New South Wales.

In full, koala bear. An arboreal marsupial mammal of Australia ( Phascolarctos cinereus), of an ashen-grey colour, small, clumsy, and somewhat resembling a sloth in form, and feeding on the leaves of eucalyptus. Also called the Australian or Native Bear.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Phascolarctidae (koala)

sloth1791

koala1808

native bear1827

monkey1836

monkey bear1868

kangaroo-bear-

1808 E. Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 98 305 The koala is another species of the wombat. The natives call it the koala wombat; it..was first brought to Port Jackson in August, 1803.

1813 Hist. New S. Wales (1818) 432 The koolah or sloth is likewise an animal of the opossum species, with a false belly.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xvii. 317 Our coola (sloth or native bear) is about the size of an ordinary poodle dog, with shaggy, dirty-coloured fur, no tail, and claws and feet like a bear.

1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) xiv. 382 The climbing, leaf-eating koala.

1902 Daily Chron. 3 July 3/4 The koala of Australia, has also a very big cæcum.

1937 C. Kearton I visit Antipodes x. 132 The Koala Bear was first seen by a young explorer who journeyed to the Blue Mountains in 1798.

1944 A. Russell Bush Ways xix. 95 There was..scarce a gum tree but that sheltered an opossum or a koala.

1966 G. Durrell Two in Bush v. 173 Fortunately, before it became too late, the Government stepped in and passed laws strictly protecting the Koalas, and slowly over the years their numbers have built up again.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	koala
释义	koalan. Brit. /kəʊˈɑːlə/, U.S. /koʊˈɑlə/, /kəˈwɑlə/ Forms: Also 1800s coola(h, kool-la, koolah. Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language: given as kūlla in Dippil, kūlā on George's River (Ridley Kámilarói, pp. 64, 104); koala was perhaps originally a misreading of koola. Hence the name of the town Coolah in New South Wales. In full, koala bear. An arboreal marsupial mammal of Australia ( Phascolarctos cinereus), of an ashen-grey colour, small, clumsy, and somewhat resembling a sloth in form, and feeding on the leaves of eucalyptus. Also called the Australian or Native Bear. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Phascolarctidae (koala) sloth1791 koala1808 native bear1827 monkey1836 monkey bear1868 kangaroo-bear- 1808 E. Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 98 305 The koala is another species of the wombat. The natives call it the koala wombat; it..was first brought to Port Jackson in August, 1803. 1813 Hist. New S. Wales (1818) 432 The koolah or sloth is likewise an animal of the opossum species, with a false belly. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xvii. 317 Our coola (sloth or native bear) is about the size of an ordinary poodle dog, with shaggy, dirty-coloured fur, no tail, and claws and feet like a bear. 1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) xiv. 382 The climbing, leaf-eating koala. 1902 Daily Chron. 3 July 3/4 The koala of Australia, has also a very big cæcum. 1937 C. Kearton I visit Antipodes x. 132 The Koala Bear was first seen by a young explorer who journeyed to the Blue Mountains in 1798. 1944 A. Russell Bush Ways xix. 95 There was..scarce a gum tree but that sheltered an opossum or a koala. 1966 G. Durrell Two in Bush v. 173 Fortunately, before it became too late, the Government stepped in and passed laws strictly protecting the Koalas, and slowly over the years their numbers have built up again. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808
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