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bandicoot

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/Part of speech nounSorted abcdinootStarts with BEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A small marsupial from Australia and nearby regions.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • At the rustle of a bandicoot we noticed the upraised gleam of eyes around the fires.
  • ‘Well, the abos ‘bandicooted’ his peanuts.’

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