bandicoot

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Some of its relatives, such as the bandicoot, are like rats, or like bears, as in the case of the wombat.

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  1. noun Any of several large rats of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast Asia.
  2. noun Any of several ratlike marsupials of the family Peramelidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, that feed on insects and plants and have a long, tapering snout and elongated hind legs.

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  • After waiting anxiously for the return of the bandicoot, the head-men of the tribe called a great council. —  Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
  • Whenever she sees a gaming bargain she always picks it up for me ... though i can only get her to play 4 psx titles (rayman, wild 9, skullmonkeys (i must have that again), and crash bandicoot). —  Latest from PALGN
  • The main character is, obviously, Crash - a small bandicoot who stands on his hind legs, that can't talk, and likes to spin. —  GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
  • She helped talk Townsville residents through the rescue of a sodden, injured wedge-tail eagle on Thursday, and tried to save a baby bandicoot rescued by a visiting official the same day, but it died of exhaustion. —  Kentucky.com: Homepage
  • The competition received more than 2050 votes from people selecting from four threatened species - the brush-tailed rock wallaby, the eastern barred bandicoot, the Baw Baw frog and the purple diuris orchard. —  Wimmera Mail Times
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  1. Telugu bantikokku : banti, ball + kokku, long beak.

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  1. Cf. German bandikut, from English; said to be a corruption of the Telugu name pandi-kokku, literally pig-rat.
 

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