kandhuli

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese কান্ধুলি (kandhuli).

Noun

kandhuli

  1. (India) The bronze featherback, Notopterus notopterus.
    • 1998, Harlan Walker, Fish: Food from the Waters, page 255:
      In Assam, for instance, a mild curry made with a fish called kandhuli together with a duck egg is given to someone suffering from measles or chicken pox […].
    • 2015, Ranjita Biswas, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial 2015, p. 1:
      Awash in its fragrance, like a kandhuli fish rippling in a pond and making liquid motifs of rings and bangles, her head grew giddier and her heart beat faster.
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