bandicoot
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bandicoot /ˈbandɪkuːt/
▶noun a mainly insectivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea. [Family Peramelidae : several species.]
– origin C18: from Telugu pandikokku, lit. ‘pig-rat’.
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