HyperDic: bandicoot

English > 1 sense of the word bandicoot:
NOUNanimalbandicootany of various agile ratlike terrestrial / terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands
bandicoot > pronunciation
Soundsbae'ndihkuw.t; bae'ndiykuw.t
Rhymesabsolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt...
English > bandicoot: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of various agile ratlike terrestrial / terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous.
Member ofPeramelidae, family Peramelidaebandicoots
Narrowerrabbit-eared bandicoot, rabbit bandicoot, bilby, Macrotis lagotisbandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
Broadermarsupial, pouched mammalmammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
Spanishbandicut

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