Koala
[koh-ah-luh] /koʊˈɑ lə/
noun
1.
a sluggish, tailless, gray, furry, arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, of Australia.
/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
n.
Australian marsupial, 1808, from the Aboriginal name of the animal, variously given as koola, kulla, kula.
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