gundy

plural gundies

1. Trinidad and TobagoA front claw of a crab.

   The experience of eating crab meat out of a gundy, if you film a session on that it's a big thing for experiential tourism.

   2020 December 7, Stephon Nicholas, “Oil money hindered Tobago's tourism growth”, in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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   They said that crabs folded their gundies inwards when the crabs were in their holes and were therefore unable to bite anyone from that position.

   1998, Al Warren, My Native Cradle, page 124

plural gundies

1. IndiaA true bug (genus Leptocorisa), known for being a pest on rice and for its unpleasant smell.

   The stink-glands of many bugs are well known to most residents in India, whether by the characteristic odour of the common Bed-bug or by the disgusting taste in one's soup caused by a "gundy” which has been attracted by the lights on the dinner-table.

   1914, Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher, Some South Indian Insects and Other Animals of Importance Considered Especially from an Economic Point of View

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   Control measures were also carried out against the 'Kutra' (Amsacta sp.), termites, ands, the paddy 'Gundy Bugs' (Leptocorisa varicornis), the 'Singhara Beetle' (Galerucella singhara), the 'Painted Bug' (Bagrada crusiferarum Kirk.), 'Red pumpkin beetle' (Aulacophora spp.) and the 'Cutworms' (Agrotis spp.).

   1954, Annual Scientific Report, Indian Agricultural Research Institute

plural Gundys

1. A surname.
2. A locality in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.