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bandicoot

/ˌbændiˈkut/
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Other forms: bandicoots

Definitions of bandicoot
  1. noun
    any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
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    types:
    Macrotis lagotis, bilby, rabbit bandicoot, rabbit-eared bandicoot
    bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
    type of:
    marsupial, pouched mammal
    mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
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