Definitions for bandicoots

bandicoots ban·di·coot

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

Bandicoots is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 716 anagrams from letters in bandicoots (abcdinoost).

Definitions for bandicoots

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 bandicoots

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

Examples for bandicoots

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for bandicoots
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