a little monkey bear came cautiously down from the gum tree
another term for koala
Example sentencesExamples
The birds murmured and moved in the trees, a monkey-bear grunted disgustedly.
They almost starved to death, because they tried to eat possum, which was too rank, then monkey bears.
Perhaps you have seen the little monkey bear or Koala as it is called.
They were also sometimes called 'monkey bear'.
The old people travelled all round that place when there were plenty of monkey bears and yams in the hills.
Mark grabbed some tree rocks, crouched on the branch and waited for the monkey-bears to appear.
It gives a vague image of what the animal looked like, similar to how Koalas got the "bear" tacked onto their name and are also called "monkey bears".
There were mosquitos in millions, bandicoots hopping close to the fire, and monkey-bears, night hawks, owls, possums, and dingoes holding a corroboree hideous enough to break the sleep of the dead.
He knew he would cop the most flack if he cooked a monkey bear.
They took the road over the mountains, and lived on monkey bears.