kandhuli en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Assamese কান্ধুলি (kandhuli).
Meanings
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(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: