The Western Barred bandicoot is now only found on a few islands in Shark Bay, Western Australia. From LearnThat.org. [http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/bandicoot.htm]
The bandicoot is a species of marsupial animal which could outwit the European fox, and give him lessons in pillaging poultry yards. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of the Castaways] Reference
The dear old bandicoot played a tune upon his flute. From Wordnik.com. [Drover's Dream] Reference
Then a little bandicoot played a tune upon the flute. From Wordnik.com. [Drovers Dream] Reference
"Bugger me for a blue-eyed bandicoot," he muttered excitedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Dissonance]
Markets in Asia may carry rice rats, cloud rats, and bandicoot rats. From Wordnik.com. [15 Agouti] Reference
No, we don't have a bandicoot, I just like the sound of the word: bandicoot!. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: SORRY ABOUT THAT.] Reference
According to the book we were given, under “bandicoot” it says “edible.”. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Rising Sun] Reference
Smaller creatures, too: wolverines and otters, a cuscus, a bandicoot, a pack of foxes. From Wordnik.com. [True Love and the Giraffe] Reference
The bandicoot and ringtail rushed out to inform their companions of what had transpired within. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
The smooth-coated otter, striped hyena, grey wolf, bandicoot rat and other mammals are largely gone. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Of Eden] Reference
Some of its relatives, such as the bandicoot, are like rats, or like bears, as in the case of the wombat. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
The eastern subspecies of western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville fasciata) is presumed extinct. From Wordnik.com. [Southeast Australia temperate savanna] Reference
Two of Wurragarr's people, an ax-wielding bandicoot and a sword-armed ringtail, stood entranced in the far doorway. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
I take the flashlight out, and I point it at the sniffing, and it is a bandicoot, a large, furry, ratlike creature. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Rising Sun] Reference
Nearly extinct on the mainland, the eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) inhabits grasslands through out this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Tasmanian temperate forests] Reference
Mrs. Halliday Hare is in deep mourning for her bandicoot, Maud Eliza, who was unfortunately set upon and eaten last week by the Hon. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914] Reference
ML saw a brown-nosed bandicoot on one of the trails. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
Who said you can't teach an old bandicoot new tricks?. From Wordnik.com. [GoNintendo.com Podcast] Reference
When irritated it utters a low grunting cry, like the bandicoot. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
I think a bandicoot is meant to be some sort of Antipodean rodent. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
We did not see any kangaroos, but got a kangaroo rat and a bandicoot. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
Picture a cross between a rabbit and a kangaroo -- it's a type of bandicoot. From Wordnik.com. Reference
We caught a bandicoot with two young ones, which gave us an excellent luncheon. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
They brought back an ample supply, with the addition of a wallaby and a bandicoot. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers] Reference
McMaster states that the bandicoot, though so formidable in appearance, does not show so good. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
The result was an iguana, a bandicoot, three opossums, and some "sugar bags" or wild honey nests. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland] Reference
Don't stand staring at me like a bandicoot; he's told me the way you've been trying to make mischief, and. From Wordnik.com. [Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush] Reference
Rats, 42. eaten as food in Oovah and Bintenne, 43. liable to hydrophobia, 43. coffee rat, 43. bandicoot, 44. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon] Reference
These include the the rare flatback turtle, spectacled hare-wallaby, burrowing bettong and golden bandicoot. From Wordnik.com. [Forex TV.com - Forex News] Reference
St. George in Madras, Government used to pay a reward of one anna for every bandicoot killed within the walls. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
These are named after the great bandicoot rat of India, to which the early settlers fancied they bore a resemblance. From Wordnik.com. [Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys] Reference
I turned toward the hut suspiciously, and saw the bandicoot sitting on a top-rail, watching me, and dangling her feet to and fro. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned] Reference
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