dontus phillipi</i>,
Lacep., the <i>Port Jackson Shark</i>. See <i>Shark</i>.

<hw>Pig-footed Bandicoot</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to
<i>Choeropus castanotis</i>, Gray, an animal about the size
of a rabbit, belonging to the family <i>Peramelidae</i>,
which includes all the bandicoots. It lives in the sandy,
dry interior of the continent, making a small nest for itself
on the surface of the ground out of grass and twigs.
The popular name is derived from the fact that in the fore-feet
the second and third toes are alone well developed, the first
and fifth being absent, and the fourth very rudimentary,
so that the foot has a striking resemblance to that of a pig.
See also <i>Bandicoot</i>.

1838. T. L. Mitchell, `Expeditions into Eastern Australia,'
p. 131:

"The feet, and especially the fore feet, were singularly
formed, the latter resembling those of a hog."

1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' p. 68:

"Another peculiar form, the Choeropus, or pig-footed
bandicoot."

<hw>Pigmeater</hw>, <i>n</i>. a beast only fit for pigs to eat:
one that will not fatten.

1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. xiv. p. 105:

"Among them was a large proportion of bullocks, which declined
with fiendish obstinacy to fatten. They were what are known by
the stock-riders as `ragers' [q.v.] or `pig-meaters.'"

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Colonial Reformer,' p. 218:

"`Pig-meaters!' exclaimed Ernest; `what kind of cattle do
you call those? Do bullocks eat pigs in this country?' `No,
but pigs eat them, and horses too, and a very good way of
getting rid of rubbish.'"

<hw>Piharau</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for <i>Geotria
chilensis</i>, Gray, a New Zealand <i>Lamprey</i> (q.v.).

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol.
ii. p. 15:

"We procured an abundant supply of piarau, a `lamprey,' which
is taken in large numbers in this river, and some others in the
neighbourhood, when the waters are swollen."

<hw>Pihoihoi</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a New Zealand
bird, the Ground-lark (q.v.). The word has five syllables.

<hw>Pike</hw>, <i>n</i>. name applied in Australia and Tasmania
to two species of marine fish--<i>Sphyraena obtusata</i>,
Cuv. and Val.; <i>S. novae-hollandiae</i>; Gunth. See also
<i>Sea-pike</i>.

<hw>Pilchard</hw>, <i>n</i>. The fish which visits the
Australian shores periodically, in shoals larger than the
Cornish shoals, is <i>Clupea sagax</i>, Jenyns, the same
as the C