Etymology

bandicoot

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Today it means: Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae. Full definition →

Telugu పందికొక్కు
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  1. Telugu · borrowed fromపందికొక్కు
  2. English todaybandicoot

Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.

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