coala

C3O1A1L1A1

A form of koala — A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

nouncoala (plural coalas)

plural coalas

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of koala.

    The funniest sound I ever heard uttered by an animal was by a "native bear," as they call the coala in Australia.

    1894, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 11, page 985

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

coala. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coala

MLA

“coala.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coala. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coala,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coala.

Source: coala on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.