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koala

Language: 
NSW COAST
Australian: 
{coloo}
English JS Main: 
koala
English: 
{A new and remarkable species of Didelphis has lately been brought in from the southward of Botany Bay. It is called by the natives coloo or coola.}
Category: 
fauna: mammals
Sub-category: 
koala
Source: 
Brown, Robert: LTR to Banks 16 Sept 1803
Respelt: 
gulu
Part of speech: 
noun

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