Meaning of bombil | Babel Free

Definitions

The lizardfish (Harpadon nehereus), the Bombay duck, or bummalo, native to the Arabian Sea.

Examples

“Those who plunge into the novel soon find themselves thrashing in a sea of words and sentences (“On Maganchand Road the thela-wallahs already had their fruit piled high, and the fishsellers were laying out bangda and bombil and paaplet on their slabs”) unencumbered by italics or explication.”

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