noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈbændɪˌkuːt/
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US:/ˈbændiˌkut/
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noun
Meaning 1
Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abinomn:
aine
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Arabic:
بَنْدَقُوط
(bandaqūṭ)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Bandjalang:
yaguy
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Bulgarian:
бандикут
(bandikut)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Catalan:
bàndicut
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Chinese Mandarin:
袋狸
(dàilí)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Czech:
bandikut
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Danish:
punggrævling
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Dhuwal:
waṉʼkurra
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Dutch:
neusbuideldas
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Esperanto:
bandikoto
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Estonian:
bilbi
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Finnish:
pusseli
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
French:
bandicoot
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
French:
péramélidé
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Galician:
peramélido
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Georgian:
ჩანთოსანი მაჩვისებრნი
(čantosani mačvisebrni)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
German:
Nasenbeutler
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Greek:
μπάντικουτ
(bántikout)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Hebrew:
בַנדִיקוּט
(bandikút)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Hungarian:
bandikut
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Irish:
bandacút
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Italian:
peramelide
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Italian:
bandicoot
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Japanese:
バンディクート
(bandikūto)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Kannada:
ಹೆಗ್ಗಣ
(heggaṇa)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Kannada:
ಪೆಗ್ಗಣ
(peggaṇa)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Kannada:
ಪೆರ್ಗಣ
(pergaṇa)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Kazakh:
бандикут
(bandikut)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Kazakh:
қалталы борсық
(qaltaly borsyq)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Korean:
큰쥐
(keunjwi)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Korean:
반디쿠트
(bandikuteu)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Australian Kriol:
brudbrud
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Australian Kriol:
bendigut
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Kyrgyz:
бандикут
(bandikut)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Linngithigh:
kiyu
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Lithuanian:
bandikutas
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Malayalam:
പന്നിയെലി
(panniyeli)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Malayalam:
പെരുച്ചാഴി
(peruccāḻi)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Navajo:
naʼastsʼǫǫsíʼniiʼí
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Persian:
باندیکوت
(bândikot)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Polish:
jamraj
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Portuguese:
bandicoot
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Romanian:
peramelidă
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Romanian:
bursuc marsupial
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Russian:
бандику́т
(bandikút)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Russian:
су́мчатый барсу́к
(súmčatyj barsúk)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Serbo-Croatian:
bandikut
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Serbo-Croatian:
jazavičar
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Spanish:
bandicut
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Spanish:
peramélido
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Swedish:
punggrävling
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Tamil:
பெருச்சாளி
(peruccāḷi)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Telugu:
పందికొక్కు
(pandikokku)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Telugu:
కొక్కు
(kokku)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Telugu:
ఆఖువు
(ākhuvu)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Turkish:
keseli porsuk
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Ukrainian:
бандику́т
(bandykút)
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Vietnamese:
chuột gộc
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
Woiwurrung:
buŋ
— marsupial of the genus Peramelidae
