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Definition: Mus giganteus
Bandicoot
\Ban"di*coot\, n. [A corruption of the native name.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A species of very large rat (
Mus giganteus), found in
India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and
gardens.
(b) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus
Perameles) of several
species, found in Australia and Tasmania.
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