# bandicoot

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/ · frequency rank #52,168

## Definitions
1. Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
2. A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bandicoot