bandicoot
/ˈbændɪˌkuːt/US/ˈbændiˌkut/
bandicoot noun: any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
Noun
bandicoot (plural bandicoots)
- Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
- At the rustle of a bandicoot we noticed the upraised gleam of eyes around the fires.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 149
- A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.
Verb
bandicoot (third-person singular simple present bandicoots, present participle bandicooting, simple past and past participle bandicooted)
bandicoot meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
bandicoot in Tamil
- marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- பெருச்சாளி peruccāḷi
bandicoot in Telugu
- marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- పందికొక్కు pandikokku, కొక్కు kokku, ఆఖువు ākhuvu
bandicoot in Malayalam
- marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- പന്നിയെലി panniyeli, പെരുച്ചാഴി peruccāḻi
bandicoot in Kannada
- marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- ಹೆಗ್ಗಣ heggaṇa, ಪೆಗ್ಗಣ peggaṇa, ಪೆರ್ಗಣ pergaṇa
More languagesFewer languages
- bandicoot in Arabic
- بَنْدَقُوط bandaqūṭ
- bandicoot in Persian
- باندیکوت bândikot
- bandicoot in Vietnamese
- chuột gộc
Synonyms of bandicoot
Forms of bandicoot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bandicoots |
| alternative form (obsolete) | bandy-coot |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bandicoots |
| present participle | bandicooting |
| past participle | bandicooted |
| past | bandicooted |
Origin of bandicoot
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.
Words formed from bandicoot
- bandicoot grass
- bandicoot rats
- desert bandicoot
- eastern barred bandicoot
- eastern striped bandicoot
- Fly River bandicoot
- giant bandicoot
- golden bandicoot
- long-nosed bandicoot
- Menzies' spiny bandicoot
- mouse bandicoot
- New Guinean long-nosed bandicoot
- New Guinean mouse bandicoot
- New Guinean spiny bandicoot
- northern brown bandicoot
- Papuan bandicoot
- pig-footed bandicoots
- rabbit bandicoots
- rabbit-eared bandicoots
- rat bandicoot
- Shark Bay bandicoot
- short-nosed bandicoot
- southern brown bandicoot
- southern pig-footed bandicoot
- spiny bandicoot
- striped bandicoot
- true bandicoot (Perameles spp. or Peramelidae spp.
- typical bandicoot
- western barred bandicoot
Phrases with bandicoot
Questions about bandicoot
- What does bandicoot mean?
- Bandicoot means any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
- What is bandicoot in Tamil?
- Bandicoot in Tamil is பெருச்சாளி (peruccāḷi). See Bandicoot meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bandicoot?
- Bandicoot can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bandicoot?
- Bandicoot is pronounced /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bandicoot?
- The plural of bandicoot is bandicoots.
Words near bandicoot in the dictionary
Source and license
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