bandicoot
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Etymology
Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of the Asian murids, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.
Pronunciation
Noun
bandicoot (plural bandicoots)
- Any of various small Australian marsupials with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae (with the exception of genus Macrotis, called bilbies).
- Any of several rat-like rodents of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast Asia.
- Synonym: bandicoot rat
Derived terms
Translations
marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
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rat-like rodent of the genera Bandicota or Nesokia
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Verb
bandicoot (third-person singular simple present bandicoots, present participle bandicooting, simple past and past participle bandicooted)
- (Australia, informal) To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed.
References
“bandicoot, n.”, in OED Online 
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020., “bandicoot”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022..
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bandicoot, in turn borrowed from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku).
Pronunciation
Noun
bandicoot m (plural bandicoots)
- bandicoot (small Australian marsupial of the family Peramelidae)
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