Main Entry:

ban·di·coot

Pronunciation:

\ˈban-di-ˌküt\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Telugu pandikokku

Date:

1813

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

[bandicoot illustration]