Meaning & use
Bandicoot
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A small, rat-like marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea, known for its pointed snout and habit of digging for insects and roots.
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A bandicoot scurried through the underbrush at dusk.
Conservationists are working to protect the endangered eastern barred bandicoot.
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The word comes from the Telugu "pandikokku," meaning "pig-rat," originally applied to a large Indian rodent before being transferred to the unrelated Australian marsupial by early settlers.
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