peramelid
/pɛrəˈmiːlɪd/Zoology
noun
An animal of the family Peramelidae; a bandicoot.
- In the most recent schemes a number of (chiefly New Guinea) bandicoots have been taken out of the family Peramelidae, and the bilbies have been transferred to it..
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating marsupials of the family Peramelidae.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Isaac Funk (1839–1912), publisher and reformer. From scientific Latin Perameles Perameles + -id, after scientific Latin Peramelidae, family name (G. R. Waterhouse, 1838).
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