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kandhuli

kandhuli noun: the bronze featherback, Notopterus notopterus.

Noun

kandhuli

  1. (India) The bronze featherback, Notopterus notopterus.
    • 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 […].1998, Harlan Walker, Fish: Food from the Waters, page 255
    • 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.2015, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Ranjita Biswas, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial, page 1

Origin of kandhuli

Borrowed from Assamese কান্ধুলি (kandhuli).

Questions about kandhuli

What does kandhuli mean?
Kandhuli means the bronze featherback, Notopterus notopterus.
What part of speech is kandhuli?
Kandhuli is a noun.

Words near kandhuli in the dictionary

  1. Kandersteg
  2. Kandh
  3. Kandhamal
  4. Kandhoomeehunge Lhaan'bugali
  5. Kandhs
  6. kandhuli
  7. kandi
  8. kandi kid
  9. kandi kids
  10. kandi raver
  11. Kandian

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