koala

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
{coola}
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: 
gula
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
"coola" gula = "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." koala : Brown, Robert: LTR to Banks 16 Sept 1803 [::] [DG]