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bandicoot (n.)
[bandicoot 词源字典]
1789, from Telugu
pandi-kokku
, literally "pig-rat." Properly a large and destructive Indian rat; applied from 1827 to a type of insectivorous Australian marsupial somewhat resembling it.
[bandicoot etymology, bandicoot origin, 英语词源]