Definition of bandicoots Bandicoots
/bæˈndɪkuˌts/ - [bandikuts] -
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What does bandicoots mean?
Wiktionary 
- bandicoots (Noun)
Plural of bandicoot.
Part of speech
🔤- bandicoots, noun, plural of bandicoot.
WordNet
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| bandicoot - any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous | ||
| marsupial, pouched mammal mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | ||
| family peramelidae, peramelidae bandicoots | ||
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Wiktionary
- bandicoot (Noun)
Small Australian marsupial, of the family Peramelidae with a distinctive long snout. - bandicoot (Noun)
Any of several ratlike marsupial of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast Asia.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bandicoot (n.)
A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens. - bandicoot (n.)
A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bandicoot
Small, ratlike marsupial, of the family Peramelidae with a distinctive long snout.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bandicoot
ban′di-kōōt, n. a genus of insectivorous marsupials found in Australia: the largest species of rat, found in India and Ceylon, called also Malabar rat and Pig-rat. [Telegu pandikokku, pig-rat.]
Wikipedia 
- Bandicoots are marsupials. There are about 20 species of bandicoots. Bandicoots are omnivores. They eat bugs, earthworms, larvae, and spiders. Despite what they look like, they are unrelated to rats. They live in parts of Australia. They are nocturnal. Bandicoots an endangered species. For protection against foxes and wild cats, they retreat to their burrows for safety.
Part of speech
🔤- bandicoot, noun, singular of bandicoots.
