native monkey

English

Noun

native monkey (plural native monkeys)

1. (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.”