monkey-bear

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

or Monkey


n.

i.q. Native Bear. See Bear.

1853. C. St. Julian and E. K. Silvester, `TheProductions, Industry, and Resources of New South Wales,'p. 30:

«The Kola, so called by the aborigines, but morecommonly known among the settlers as the native bear or monkey,is found in brush and forest lands . . .»

1891. Mrs. Cross (Ada Cambridge), `The Three Miss Kings,'p. 9:

«A little monkey-bear came cautiously down from the onlygum-tree that grew on the premises, grunting and whimpering.»

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