bandicoot

Borrowed from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) +‎ కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbændiˌkut/

bandicoot (plural bandicoots)

1. A small Australian marsupial with a distinctive long snout, of the family Peramelidae.
2. Any of several rat-like rodents of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast Asia.

• pig-footed bandicoot
• southern brown bandicoot

bandicoot (third-person singular simple present bandicoots, present participle bandicooting, simple past and past participle bandicooted)

1. (Australia, informal) To steal growing vegetables from a garden.

Borrowed from English, in turn borrowed from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃d͡ʒiˈkut͡ʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃diˈkut(ɨ)/

bandicoot m (plural bandicoots)

1. bandicoot (small Australian marsupial of the family Peramelidae)