English Explanatory Dictionary

bandicoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈbændɪˌkuːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bandicoot.wav /ˈbændiˌkut/

Word forms

bandicoot bandicoots bandy-coot bandicooting bandicooted

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.

Synonyms

peramelid

Derived words

bandicoot grass bandicoot rat desert bandicoot eastern barred bandicoot eastern striped bandicoot Fly River bandicoot giant bandicoot golden bandicoot long-nosed bandicoot Menzies' spiny bandicoot mouse bandicoot New Guinean long-nosed bandicoot New Guinean mouse bandicoot New Guinean spiny bandicoot northern brown bandicoot Papuan bandicoot pig-footed bandicoot rabbit bandicoot rabbit-eared bandicoot rat bandicoot Shark Bay bandicoot short-nosed bandicoot southern brown bandicoot southern pig-footed bandicoot spiny bandicoot striped bandicoot typical bandicoot western barred bandicoot
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