HyperDic: bandicoot

English > 1 sense of the word *bandicoot*:
NOUN	animal	bandicoot	any of various agile ratlike terrestrial / terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands

bandicoot > pronunciation
Sounds	bae'ndihkuw.t; bae'ndiykuw.t
Rhymes	absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt...

English > *bandicoot*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of various agile ratlike terrestrial / terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous.
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