Etymology

Bombay duck

Today it means: An edible lizardfish, Harpadon nehereus, found in the waters around Mumbai Full definition →

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The story

Uncertain. The first component may be a modification of Marathi बोंबील (bombīl), the local Marathi name for the fish. The second has been dubiously associated by folk etymology with dak (“Indian postal system”).

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