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Webster 1913 Edition
Bandicoot
Ban′di-coot
,Noun.
[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.