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Bandicoot   /bˈændɪkˌut/  /bˈændikˌut/   Listen
Bandicoot

noun
1.
Any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous.



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"Bandicoot" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bandicoot. You'll find him there,' said Mack. 'I'll start the chaps from Starving Steers, and take the dry-holes back.' We tramped till dark, and tried to track the pack-horse on the sands, And just at daylight Crowbar came with Milroy's station hands. His ...
— In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses • Henry Lawson
... here was probably a "Bandicoot," "Boody," or "Bilby," the scientific name of which I do not know; I have never seen one, only their burrows, and these have always shown every appearance of being unoccupied. Most of the burrows that I have seen have been in a low mound, perhaps 30 feet ...
— Spinifex and Sand - Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia • David W Carnegie
... of rat occur here—one is the large bandicoot of India, Mus giganteus, doubtless introduced by some wrecked vessel, the other is the pretty little Mus indicus, found on all the islands of the north-east coast and Torres Strait. Among the birds, we found numbers of ...
— Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade • John MacGillivray
... same—Tarquin's his name, an it's kuriously befittin' the haythen, for of all the cross-grained mixtures o' buffalo, bear, bandicoot, and crackadile I iver ...
— The Red Eric • R.M. Ballantyne


Words linked to "Bandicoot" :   Peramelidae, bilby, marsupial, Macrotis lagotis, pouched mammal, family Peramelidae


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