koala
noun /kəʊˈɑːlə/
/kəʊˈɑːlə/
(also koala bear)
- an Australian animal with thick grey fur, large ears and no tail. Koalas live in trees and eat leaves. The form koala bear is still quite common but biologists do not consider it to be correct because koalas are not a type of bear.Topics Animalsc2
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Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Dharuk.