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单词 bummalo
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Definition of bummalo in English:

bummalo

nounˈbʌmələʊˈbəməˌlō
  • A small elongated fish of southern Asian coasts which is dried and used as food.

    龙头鱼。亦称BOMABY DUCK

    Harpodon nehereus, family Harpadontidae

    Also called Bombay duck
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also called bummalo, Bombay Duck is a marine lizardfish, Harpodon nehereus, from southern Asia, particularly abundant in the Ganges Delta and the Arabian Sea of western India.
    • Bombay Duck is a traditional north western Indian delicacy of bummalo fish, salted and dried in the sun on the beach it was landed on, before being deep fried.
    • Traditionally Bombay Duck is prepared by sun drying the bummalo fish on the beach in the open air, then deep frying it.
    • (And as for that popular yet pungent crispy curry condiment called Bombay duck… well it seems that the dried bummalo fish was caught long ago by European Union import restrictions).
    • One imagines, therefore, that a cosmopolitan Chinese duck might not know what it is called, just as a bummalo might wonder why it is called a duck at all.
    • Also known as bummalo, the first part of the name Bombay duck appears to have arisen as a corruption of the Marathi name of the fish, bombila, and has nothing to do with the city of Bombay.
    • Under normal cooking conditions the fresh bummalo fish is almost rendered to a pulp (bones and all).
    • But the traditional way of preparing the north-west Indian delicacy, which is made from dried bummalo fish, is for it to be dried in the sun on the beach.

Origin

Late 17th century: perhaps from Marathi bombīl.

Definition of bummalo in US English:

bummalo

nounˈbəməˌlō
  • A small elongated fish of southern Asian coasts which is dried and used as food.

    龙头鱼。亦称BOMABY DUCK

    Harpodon nehereus, family Harpadontidae

    Also called Bombay duck
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Under normal cooking conditions the fresh bummalo fish is almost rendered to a pulp (bones and all).
    • (And as for that popular yet pungent crispy curry condiment called Bombay duck… well it seems that the dried bummalo fish was caught long ago by European Union import restrictions).
    • Also known as bummalo, the first part of the name Bombay duck appears to have arisen as a corruption of the Marathi name of the fish, bombila, and has nothing to do with the city of Bombay.
    • Bombay Duck is a traditional north western Indian delicacy of bummalo fish, salted and dried in the sun on the beach it was landed on, before being deep fried.
    • But the traditional way of preparing the north-west Indian delicacy, which is made from dried bummalo fish, is for it to be dried in the sun on the beach.
    • Traditionally Bombay Duck is prepared by sun drying the bummalo fish on the beach in the open air, then deep frying it.
    • One imagines, therefore, that a cosmopolitan Chinese duck might not know what it is called, just as a bummalo might wonder why it is called a duck at all.
    • Also called bummalo, Bombay Duck is a marine lizardfish, Harpodon nehereus, from southern Asia, particularly abundant in the Ganges Delta and the Arabian Sea of western India.

Origin

Late 17th century: perhaps from Marathi bombīl.

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