Bandicoot

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bandicoot
       n : any of various agile rat-like terrestrial marsupials of
           Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and
           herbivorous