Definition of Rabbit-eared bandicoot

1. Noun. Bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit.

Exact synonyms: Bilby, Macrotis Lagotis, Rabbit Bandicoot
Generic synonyms: Bandicoot
Group relationships: Genus Macrotis, Macrotis

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rabbit-eared Bandicoot

rabbies
rabbin
rabbinate
rabbinates
rabbinic
rabbinical
rabbinically
rabbinism
rabbinism
rabbinisms
rabbins
rabbis
rabbit
rabbit
rabbit's-foot fern
rabbit-eared bandicoot (current term)
rabbit-eye blueberry
rabbit-weed
rabbitbrush
rabbitbrushes
rabbited
rabbiter
rabbiters
rabbiteye
rabbiteye blueberry
rabbitfish
rabbiting
rabbitpox
rabbitpox virus
rabbitries

Literary usage of Rabbit-eared bandicoot

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1. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"... and its adaptation to the locality—Singular method of conveying materials—-Its nocturnal habits—The rabbit-eared bandicoot, and its habitat—The generic ..."

2. Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and in Commerce by Henry Poland (1892)
"rabbit-eared bandicoot. Perameles lagotis. This very curious and most peculiar animal has also been called the ..."

3. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"One curious species is appropriately called the rabbit-eared bandicoot (Perameles lagotis). Several examples of this animal have been kept in the Zoological ..."

4. The Geography of Mammals by William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater (1899)
"... trustworthy observers, that some of the species feed more or less upon vegetable substances. Such is certainly the case with the rabbit-eared bandicoot ..."

5. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"One curious species is appropriately called the rabbit-eared bandicoot (Perameles lagotis). Several examples of this animal have been kept in the Zoological ..."

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