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Bandicoot

Bandicoot Meaning & Definition
Bandicoot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bandicoot?

[n] any of various agile rat-like terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous

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See Also | bilby | family Peramelidae | Macrotis lagotis | marsupial | Peramelidae | pouched mammal | rabbit bandicoot | rabbit-eared bandicoot

Bandicoot In Webster's Dictionary

\Ban"di*coot\, n. [A corruption of the native name.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A species of very large rat ({Mus giganteus}), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens. (b) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus {Perameles}) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania.

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