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]