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bandicoot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/ (UK)
• /ˈbændiˌkut/ (US)

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.

Meanings

1. 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. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 149:
2. A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.

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Deriveds

Shark Bay bandicoot · desert bandicoot · western barred bandicoot · golden bandicoot · New Guinean mouse bandicoot · true bandicoot (Perameles spp. or Peramelidae spp. · short-nosed bandicoot · southern pig-footed bandicoot · southern brown bandicoot · Menzies' spiny bandicoot · northern brown bandicoot · Papuan bandicoot · giant bandicoot · spiny bandicoot · rabbit-eared bandicoots · bandicoot rats · rabbit bandicoots · mouse bandicoot · eastern striped bandicoot · pig-footed bandicoots · striped bandicoot · New Guinean spiny bandicoot · long-nosed bandicoot · typical bandicoot · bandicoot grass · Fly River bandicoot · eastern barred bandicoot · New Guinean long-nosed bandicoot · rat bandicoot

Synonyms

peramelid

Translations (60)

fr péramélidé (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · cmn 袋狸 (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ta பெருச்சாளி (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · tr keseli porsuk (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · wyi buŋ (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · de Nasenbeutler (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · bdy yaguy (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · et bilbi (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · bsa aine (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · fa باندیکوت (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · nl neusbuideldas (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · sh bandikut (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ky бандикут (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · he בַנדִיקוּט (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · lnj kiyu (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ca bàndicut (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ga bandacút (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · lt bandikutas (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ar بَنْدَقُوط (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · rop brudbrud (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · kk бандикут (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · fr bandicoot (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · kn ಪೆರ್ಗಣ (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · te పందికొక్కు (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · cs bandikut (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · es peramélido (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · pl jamraj (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · nv naʼastsʼǫǫsíʼniiʼí (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ko 반디쿠트 (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · hu bandikut (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · eo bandikoto (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ka ჩანთოსანი მაჩვისებრნი (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ru су́мчатый барсу́к (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · it bandicoot (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · el μπάντικουτ (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ja バンディクート (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ro peramelidă (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ro bursuc marsupial (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · sh jazavičar (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · te కొక్కు (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · sv punggrävling (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · kn ಪೆಗ್ಗಣ (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ko 큰쥐 (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · uk бандику́т (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · bg бандикут (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · gl peramélido (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ml പന്നിയെലി (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ru бандику́т (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · da punggrævling (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · es bandicut (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · vi chuột gộc (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · fi pusseli (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · kn ಹೆಗ್ಗಣ (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · kk қалталы борсық (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · ml പെരുച്ചാഴി (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · dwu waṉʼkurra (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · rop bendigut (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · te ఆఖువు (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · pt bandicoot (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae) · it peramelide (marsupial of the genus Peramelidae)

bandicoot en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/ (UK)
• /ˈbændiˌkut/ (US)

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.

Meanings

1. (Australia, informal) To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed.
   • ‘Well, the abos ‘bandicooted’ his peanuts.’ 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 290:

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