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bandicoot
noun ban·di·coot \ˈban-di-ˌküt\
Definition of BANDICOOT
1
: any of several very large rats (genera Bandicota and Nesokia) of southern Asia destructive to crops
2
: any of various small chiefly insectivorous and herbivorous marsupial mammals (family Peramelidae or family Peroryctidae) of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea
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Origin of BANDICOOT
Telugu pandikokku
First Known Use: 1813
Rhymes with BANDICOOT
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