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# koala

«koala» in Mova's school dictionary: **a grey, furry Australian animal with big round ears and a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a koala, koalas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A koala is a grey, furry Australian animal with big round ears and a black nose that lives in eucalyptus trees and eats their leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#m1)

2) It is a marsupial: the baby, called a joey, grows in its mother's pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science koalas appear in lessons about Australian animals, marsupials, herbivores and habitats; they sleep up to 20 hours a day because their leafy food gives little energy. They are threatened by bushfires and loss of trees. Phrases: «koala bear» (common but wrong), «baby koala», «koala joey».

### examples

- The koala was asleep in the fork of a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#x1)
- Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#x2)
- A baby koala is called a joey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#x3)
- We held a koala at a wildlife park in Queensland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#x4)
- Koalas sleep for most of the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#x5)
- Many koalas were hurt in the bushfires. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#x6)
- The joey rides on its mother's back after leaving the pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#x7)
- Koalas live only in Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a koala», «koalas». Pronounced koh-AH-luh. Myth and trap: a koala is not a bear; «koala bear» is a common but wrong name — it is a marsupial. Another myth: koalas are not drunk on eucalyptus; they are sleepy because the leaves give little energy.

### In the corpora

- [There are eight species of bear, and the koala is not one of them but a marsupial.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/5/)
- [A platypus has a broad flat tail, and a koala has only a tiny stump of a tail hidden in its fur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/9/)
- [Koalas have fingerprints so like ours that they could confuse a detective.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/8/)
- [Koalas sleep or rest about 18 to 22 hours a day, and some bats sleep about 20 hours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/390-how-animals-sleep-half-asleep-dolphins-standing-horses-short-sleeping-giraffes-and-birds-that-nap-in-the-air/16/)
- [A koala, wombat or other wild animal hurt on the road should be helped by wildlife rescue, not by children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/70-respecting-wild-animals/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «koala» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/koala/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.