KOALA Meaning of KOALA in English [ kəʊ'α:lə ]■ noun a bear-like arboreal Australian marsupial that has thick grey fur and feeds on eucalyptus leaves. [ Phascolarctos cinereus .]OriginC19: from Dharuk. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004