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Definition of Bandicoot rat
1. Noun. Burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bandicoot Rat
Literary usage of Bandicoot rat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"bandicoot rat. This is the largest known species of rat, ... The bandicoot rat
does not hibernate, but considerable stores of rice and other grain have been ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"This genus contains a few clumsily built rats spread over Southern Asia from
Palestine to Formosa, and from Kashmir to Ceylon (sec BANDICOOT-RAT). ..."
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