Definition of
Bandicoot
- (noun, animal) any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
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Alternate forms of Bandicoot
Hyponyms: bilby, macrotis lagotis, rabbit bandicoot, rabbit-eared bandicoot
Hypernyms: marsupial, pouched mammal
Origin of the word Bandicoot
- 1789, from Telegu pandi-kokku, lit. "pig-rat." Properly a large and destructive Indian rat; applied from 1827 to a type of insectivorous Australian marsupial somewhat resembling it. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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