KOALA
What does "KOALA" mean?
A tree-dwelling Australian marsupial that feeds almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves.
Meanings
- A grey, bear-like Australian marsupial with a round face and large nose that lives in eucalyptus trees. A koala dozed in the fork of the gum tree all afternoon.
Did you know?
- A koala sleeps up to about 20 hours a day - not from laziness but from chemistry: eucalyptus leaves are so low in energy that conserving it is a survival strategy.
Word origin
From Dharug (an Aboriginal Australian language of the Sydney region) 'gula' or 'gulawany', recorded by English settlers in the early 19th century.
Remember it
KOALA: 'K' for the koala's Klingy claws, then 'OALA' rhymes with 'koala' - the word sounds like the animal's slow ooo-ah yawn.
A little poem
Grey ball in the gum-
it eats the leaf that poisons,
and sleeps off the toll.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why don't koalas count as real bears? They don't meet the koala-fications.
What it teaches
Survival sometimes means choosing the one food no rival wants, then resting to afford it.
Quick facts
What does KOALA mean?
A tree-dwelling Australian marsupial that feeds almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves.
Is KOALA a valid word?
Yes — KOALA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is KOALA?
KOALA has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does KOALA come from?
From Dharug (an Aboriginal Australian language of the Sydney region) 'gula' or 'gulawany', recorded by English settlers in the early 19th century.
What can KOALA teach us?
Survival sometimes means choosing the one food no rival wants, then resting to afford it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.