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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark;
[syn: koala, koala bear, kangaroo bear, native bear, Phascolarctos cinereus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Koala \Ko*a"la\, n. A tailless furry marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, koala bear, native bear, and native sloth. The koala lives almost all of its life in trees, moves sluggishly like a sloth, and eats eucalyptus leaves almost exclusively. [1913 Webster +PJC] Kob
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

koala bear n 1: sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark [syn: koala, koala bear, kangaroo bear, native bear, Phascolarctos cinereus]