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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)