bandicoot

2 definitions found

bandicoot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bandicoot \Ban"di*coot\, n. [A corruption of the native name.]
     (Zool.)
     (a) A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in
         India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and
         gardens.
     (b) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several
         species, found in Australia and Tasmania.
         [1913 Webster]

bandicoot - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bandicoot
      n 1: any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of
           Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and
           herbivorous