Noun: bandicoot 'ban-du,koot
- Any of various agile, ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
"The eastern barred bandicoot is an endangered species"
Derived forms: bandicoots
Type of: marsupial, pouched mammal
Part of: family Peramelidae, Peramelidae
Encyclopedia: Bandicoot