BANDICOOT is validvalid

a marsupial in order Peramelemorphia [n BANDICOOTS]

90,970 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

a species of very large rat, found in India and Ceylon [n -S] / to remove potatoes from the ground leaving the tops undisturbed [v BANDICOOTED, BANDICOOTING, BANDICOOTS]