英语词汇koala的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	koala
词源	koala. The name of the arboreal marsupial animal native to Australia is first recorded in 1808. The furry, gray bearlike crea- ture with huge ears is also, appropriately, called the Australian bear. Koala itself was borrowed from the aboriginal name of the small sluggish animal. Phascolarctos cinereus is its scientific name. See bandicoot; kangaroo.
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