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 and Etymology of bandicoot
Telugu pandikokku
First Known Use: 1793
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