Meanings
plural bandicoots · alternative obsolete bandy-coot
- Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
At the rustle of a bandicoot we noticed the upraised gleam of eyes around the fires.
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 149 - A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.
present singular third person bandicoots · participle present bandicooting · participle past bandicooted · past bandicooted · alternative obsolete bandy-coot
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Teluguపందికొక్కు
- Englishbandicoot
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.
More words from Telugu
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَنْدَقُوط
- بَنْدَقُوط (bandaqūṭ)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Bulgarian бандикут
- бандикут (bandikut)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Catalan bàndicut
- bàndicutmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Chinese Mandarin 袋狸
- 袋狸 (dàilí)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Czech bandikut
- bandikutmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Danish punggrævling
- punggrævlingmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Dutch neusbuideldas
- neusbuideldasmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Esperanto bandikoto
- bandikotomarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Estonian bilbi
- bilbimarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Finnish pusseli
- pusselimarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
French bandicoot, péramélidé
- bandicootmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- péramélidémarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
German Nasenbeutler
- Nasenbeutlermarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Greek μπάντικουτ
- μπάντικουτ (bántikout)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Hebrew בַנדִיקוּט
- בַנדִיקוּט (bandikút)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Hungarian bandikut
- bandikutmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Irish bandacút
- bandacútmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Italian peramelide, bandicoot
- peramelidemarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- bandicootmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Japanese バンディクート
- バンディクート (bandikūto)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Korean 큰쥐, 반디쿠트
- 큰쥐 (keunjwi)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- 반디쿠트 (bandikuteu)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Lithuanian bandikutas
- bandikutasmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Persian باندیکوت
- باندیکوت (bândikot)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Polish jamraj
- jamrajmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Portuguese bandicoot
- bandicootmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Romanian peramelidă, bursuc marsupial
- peramelidămarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- bursuc marsupialmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Russian бандику́т, су́мчатый барсу́к
- бандику́т (bandikút)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- су́мчатый барсу́к (súmčatyj barsúk)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Spanish bandicut, peramélido
- bandicutmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
- peramélidomarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Swedish punggrävling
- punggrävlingmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Tamil பெருச்சாளி
- பெருச்சாளி (peruccāḷi)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Turkish keseli porsuk
- keseli porsukmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Ukrainian бандику́т
- бандику́т (bandykút)marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Vietnamese chuột gộc
- chuột gộcmarsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Cite this entry
bandicoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandicoot
“bandicoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandicoot. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bandicoot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandicoot.
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