bandicoot
ban·di·coot
noun
1.
any of various agile rat-like terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
Origin
Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.
Phrases
- bandicoot grass
- bandicoot rats
- desert bandicoot
- eastern barred bandicoot
- eastern striped bandicoot
- Fly River bandicoot
- giant bandicoot
- golden bandicoot
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