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bandicoot

ban.di.coot \'ban-di-.ku:t\ n [Telugu pandikokku] 1: any of several very 
   large rats (Nesokia and related genera) of Ind ia and Ceylon destructive to 
   rice fields and gardens 2: any of various small insectivorous and 
   herbivorous marsupial mammals (fa mily Peramelidae) of Australia, Tasmania, 
   and New Guinea