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bandicoot

noun
🔊/ˈbændɪkuːt/
🔊/ˈbændɪkuːt/
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  1. a small Australasian animal with a long nose and long tail, which eats mainly insects袋狸（澳大拉西亚长鼻长尾小动物，主食昆虫）Topics Animalsc2
  2. (also bandicoot rat)
     an Asian rat袋狸鼠Topics Animalsc2
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Telugu pandikokku, literally ‘pig-rat’.