bandicoot

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈbændiˌkut/

Noun

bandicoot (plural bandicoots)

1. A small Australian [[marsupial with a distinctive long snout,]] of the family Peramelidae.
2. Any of several rat-like [[rodents]] of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast [[Asia.]]

Translations

• French: bandicoot, péramélidé
• German: Nasenbeutler
• Italian: peramelide, bandicoot
• Portuguese: bandicoot
• Russian: бандику́т
• Spanish: bandicut, peramélido

Verb

bandicoot (bandicoots, present participle bandicooting; past and past participle bandicooted)

1. (AU, informal) To steal growing vegetables from a garden.

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