The term primarily refers to marsupials native to Australia, indicating a geographic origin.

Australian Origin

Focus on physical traits such as small size, resembling a rat or rabbit, to picture a bandicoot.

Physical Traits

The word bandicoot is commonly used in discussions about wildlife, nature, and conservation.

Wildlife Context

The name is closely associated with a famous video game character and franchise.

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Used to describe the main playable character in a video game series.

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The word is part of pop culture and known even to those who haven't played the game.

Pop Culture

 may seem unstoppable to humans as they help themselves to vast amounts of grain the average rat eats about 10% of its body weight a day and still this lesser Bandicoot rat ma manages to keep a month's worth of food for her babies in