Dictionary
ban•di•coot
Pronunciation: (ban'di-kOOt"), [key]—
n.
1. any of several large East Indian rats of the genus
Nesokia.
2. any of several insectivorous and herbivorous marsupials of the family Peramelidae, of Australia and New Guinea: some are endangered.
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