ˈbandēˌküt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Telugu pandikokku, from pandi pig + kokku bandicoot
1. or bandicoot rat : any of several very large rats of Nesokia and related genera of India and Ceylon that do much injury to rice fields and gardens
2. : any of certain small active insectivorous and herbivorous marsupial mammals constituting the family Peramelidae and found in Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea — see rabbit bandicoot