Bandicoot
Bandicoot ({not transcribed}) , noun
[A corruption of the native name.]
(a)
(Zoology) A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens.
(b)
(Zoology) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania.