bandicoot

ban·di·coot

B0054800 (băn′dĭ-ko͞ot′)n.1. Any of several large rats of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of Asia and the Middle East, which inhabit cultivated lands and are destructive to crops.2. Any of several nocturnal marsupials of the family Peramelidae, of New Guinea, Australia, and adjacent islands, which feed on insects and plants and have a long, tapering snout and a pouch that opens toward the rear.

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[Telugu pandikokku (literally "pig-rat," in reference to the piglike grunts made by Bandicota bengalensis when threatened) : pandi, pig, hog; akin to Malayalam panni + kokku, rat, bandicoot.]

bandicoot

(ˈbændɪˌkuːt) n1. (Animals) any agile terrestrial marsupial of the family Peramelidae of Australia and New Guinea. They have a long pointed muzzle and a long tail and feed mainly on small invertebrates2. (Animals) bandicoot rat mole rat any of three burrowing rats of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia, of S and SE Asia: family Muridae[C18: from Telugu pandikokku, from pandi pig + kokku bandicoot]

ban•di•coot

(ˈbæn dɪˌkut)

n. 1. any of several large East Indian rats of the genera Nesokia and Bandicota. 2. any of several insectivorous and herbivorous marsupials of the family Peramelidae, of Australia and New Guinea. [1780–90; < Telugu pandi-kokku literally, pig-rat]

bandicoot

Past participle: bandicooted
Gerund: bandicooting

Imperative
bandicoot
bandicoot

Present
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he/she/it bandicoots
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Preterite
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Present Continuous
I am bandicooting
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Present Perfect
I have bandicooted
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Past Continuous
I was bandicooting
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Past Perfect
I had bandicooted
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Future
I will bandicoot
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Future Perfect
I will have bandicooted
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Future Continuous
I will be bandicooting
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bandicooting
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bandicooting
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bandicooting
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Conditional
I would bandicoot
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Past Conditional
I would have bandicooted
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you would have bandicooted
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Noun

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bandicoot - any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorousmarsupial, pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carriedfamily Peramelidae, Peramelidae - bandicootsbilby, Macrotis lagotis, rabbit bandicoot, rabbit-eared bandicoot - bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit