bandicoot

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
2. A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.

Verb

To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed.

Synonyms

marsupial rat

mouse

🐭

rabbit-eared bandicoot

rat

🐀

Translations

peramele

Bandikut

Peramelidae

bandicoots

peramelidae

péramélidés

bandicoot

Isoodon macrourus

Peroryctes raffrayanus

macropus agilis

bandicoot

bandicut

Nasenbeutler

peramélido

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbændɪˌkuːt/

Etymology

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.