Definitions for bandicoot

bandicoot ban·di·coot

Spelling: [ban-di-koot]
IPA: /ˈbæn dɪˌkut/

Bandicoot is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 353 anagrams from letters in bandicoot (abcdinoot).

Definitions for bandicoot

noun

  1. any of several large East Indian rats of the genus Nesokia.
  2. any of several insectivorous and herbivorous marsupials of the family Peramelidae, of Australia and New Guinea: some are endangered.

Origin of bandicoot

First recorded in 1780-90, bandicoot is from the Telugu word pandi-kokku pig-rat

Examples for bandicoot

There is an expression in Australia, "Blind as a bandicoot."

To all the early settlers in the bush the bandicoot is well known.

And do you for a moment think I am going to be shut up like a bandicoot in a hole, while others fight for life and liberty?

The enormous ears (whence "Rabbit" bandicoot) distinguish this genus from Perameles.

Fig. 353 shows the ileo-colic junction, ccum and proximal segment of the colon in Perameles nasuta, the bandicoot.

We did not see any kangaroos, but got a kangaroo rat and a bandicoot.

They brought back an ample supply, with the addition of a wallaby and a bandicoot.

No bandicoot ever went into his hole with the dogs after him quicker than Jim came out of his.

bandicoot (Perameles), a genus of small Australian marsupials.

The next person they spied was a bandicoot carrying a watermelon.

Word Value for bandicoot
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Words with friends

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