bandicoot
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bandicoot
- /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/ UK
- /ˈbændiˌkut/ US
Where it comes from
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.
noun bandicoots · bandy-coot
- Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae. At the rustle of a bandicoot we noticed the upraised gleam of eyes around the fires.
- A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.
Similar: peramelid
verb bandicoots · bandicooting · bandicooted · bandy-coot
- To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed. ‘Well, the abos ‘bandicooted’ his peanuts.’
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noun
Similar: peramelid
Translations
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noun marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
| Español | bandicut, peramélido |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 큰쥐 keunjwi, 반디쿠트 bandikuteu |
| 日本語 | バンディクート bandikūto |
| 中文 | 袋狸 dàilí |
| Português | bandicoot |
| Français | bandicoot, péramélidé |
| Deutsch | Nasenbeutler |
| Italiano | peramelide, bandicoot |
| Ελληνικά | μπάντικουτ bántikout |
| Română | peramelidă, bursuc marsupial |
| Русский | бандику́т bandikút, су́мчатый барсу́к súmčatyj barsúk |
| Tiếng Việt | chuột gộc |
| العربية | بَنْدَقُوط bandaqūṭ |
| עברית | בַנדִיקוּט bandikút |
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title = {bandicoot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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