[Fictionary] A puzzle while we're waiting

[Pierre Abbat]

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 12:25:33 PM EDT Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:
> My guess: bandicoot is the only one whose name isn't from an Australian
> language.

Correct: it's from Dravidian and originally referred to a rodent, now called 
the bandicoot rat. All the other words are of Australian origin.

Pierre

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The gostak pelled at the fostin lutt for darfs for her martle plave.
The darfs had smibbed, the lutt was thale, and the pilter had nothing snave.