bandicoot
model of a bandicoot
Meanings
Noun
- A small Australian marsupial with a distinctive long snout, of the family Peramelidae.
- Any of several rat-like rodents of the genera Bandicota (genus) and Nesokia (genus) of southeast Asia.
Verb
- To steal growing vegetables from a garden.
Origin
- Borrowed from Telugu పందికొక్కు, from పంది + కొక్కు.
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