BANDICOOT


Meaning of BANDICOOT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈban-di-ˌküt ]

noun

Etymology: Telugu pandikokku

Date: 1813

1. : any of several very large rats (genera Bandicota and Nesokia ) of southern Asia destructive to crops

2. : any of various small chiefly insectivorous and herbivorous marsupial mammals (family Peramelidae or family Peroryctidae) of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea

[

bandicoot 2

]

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