native monkey
English edit
Noun edit
native monkey (plural native monkeys)
- (obsolete, rare) A koala.
- 1892: James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wiradhurri, Appendix D of John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
- Barrandang—a native monkey.
- 1894, Australasia:
- It forms the genus Phascolarctos, and is called by the colonists “native bear” or “native monkey.”
- 1892: James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wiradhurri, Appendix D of John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language