bandicoot.
Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
Meaning & usage
Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.
To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.
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