carbora

noun

car·​bo·​ra

kärˈbōrə

plural -s

1

Australia : koala

2

Australia : a wood-boring worm that eats into timber in tidal rivers

Word History

Etymology

perhaps borrowed from an Australian aboriginal language of Victoria

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