Australian teddy bear
Australian teddy bear noun: a koala.
Noun
Australian teddy bear (plural Australian teddy bears)
- A koala.
- The koala, or Australian teddy bear, is a familiar example of this. Less well known, perhaps, to us on this side of the Atlantic, is a similar behaviour in the American opossum.1956, Maurice Burton, Infancy in Animals, page 175
- The koala was therefore constructed as a lovable pet, an Australian teddy bear which one reporter described as a "charming little creature, a more perfect natural pet is not to be found anywhere in the world" […]2021, Lyle Munro, Man is the Cruelest Animal: Essays on the Human-Animal Link
Forms of Australian teddy bear
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Questions about Australian teddy bear
- What does Australian teddy bear mean?
- Australian teddy bear means a koala.
- What part of speech is Australian teddy bear?
- Australian teddy bear is a noun.
- What is the plural of Australian teddy bear?
- The plural of Australian teddy bear is Australian teddy bears.
Words near Australian teddy bear in the dictionary
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