koala

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ko=a=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

koala, 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

koala, n. (in full koala bear) an Australian bearlike marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, having thick grey fur and feeding on eucalyptus leaves.

Etymology

Aboriginal kul(l)a