NOUN | animal | bandicoot | any of various agile ratlike terrestrial / terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands |
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Sounds | bae'ndihkuw.t; bae'ndiykuw.t | |
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Rhymes | absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt... |
Meaning | Any of various agile ratlike terrestrial / terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous. | |
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Member of | Peramelidae, family Peramelidae | bandicoots |
Narrower | rabbit-eared bandicoot, rabbit bandicoot, bilby, Macrotis lagotis | bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit |
Broader | marsupial, pouched mammal | mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried |
Spanish | bandicut |
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