kandhuli

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noun

The bronze featherback, Notopterus notopterus.

Originas কান্ধুলি →
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Meanings

noun
  1. IndiaThe 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
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    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bronze featherback

Origin

  1. asকান্ধুলি
  2. Englishkandhuli

Borrowed from Assamese কান্ধুলি (kandhuli).

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APA

kandhuli. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kandhuli

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“kandhuli.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kandhuli. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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