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ban⋅di⋅coot

  [ban-di-koot]
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–noun
1. any of several large East Indian rats of the genus Nesokia.
2. any of several insectivorous and herbivorous marsupials of the family Peramelidae, of Australia and New Guinea: some are endangered.
Origin:
1780–90; < Telugu pandi-kokku pig-rat
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ban·di·coot   (bān'dĭ-kōōt')   
n.  

  1. Any of several large rats of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast Asia.

  2. Any of several ratlike marsupials of the family Peramelidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, that feed on insects and plants and have a long, tapering snout and elongated hind legs.


[Telugu bantikokku : banti, ball + kokku, long beak.]
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Word Origin & History

bandicoot 
1789, from Telegu pandi-kokku, lit. "pig-rat." Properly a large and destructive Indian rat; applied from 1827 to a type of insectivorous Australian marsupial somewhat resembling it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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