Definitions for koalas

koalas ko·a·la

Spelling: [koh-ah-luh]
IPA: /koʊˈɑ lə/

Koalas is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in koalas (aaklos).

Definitions for koalas

noun

  1. a sluggish, tailless, gray, furry, arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, of Australia.

Origin of koalas

1800-10; erroneous spelling for earlier koola(h) (now obsolete) Dharuk gú-la

Examples for koalas

The Phascolarctos, or koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), is closely allied to the wombat.

"Because they live in the same tree of course," said the koala.

She forgot all about the koala, and rushed forward to meet it.

Its fur is difficult to manipulate, as it will not lie flat, so the koala should have been left in peace.

In the Wombat and koala the tail is small and without chevron bones.

Other points of likeness will be mentioned under the description of the koala.

Examples of this condition are furnished by the cetaceans, several rodents, the llama and dromedary and the koala (Phascolarctos).

The koala was evidently very pleased with this accomplishment.

The Brisbane savant obtained the worm from a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).

Mr. Aflalo remarks of it that though provided with a prehensile tail, it is little better as a climber than the tailless koala.

Word Value for koalas
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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