‖ bummalo
Also bumbeloe, bumbalo, bumaloe.
[Yule quotes bombīl or bombīla from Molesworth's Mahratti Dict.]
A small fish (Harpodon nehereus) found off the coasts of Southern Asia, used, when dried, as a relish.
| 1673 Fryer E. India & P. 67 (Y.) Massigoung..notable for a fish called Bumbelow, the Sustenance of the Poorer sort. 1787 Archaeologia VIII. 262 (D.) Dried fish, which in this country [India] are called bumbeloes. 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. I. 53 The Bumbalo, a small fish extremely nutritive. 1845 Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 283 Skate, sword-fish, bumaloe, cockup, crabs, lobsters. 1885 Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 3) 512 Bummalo, a small fish, salted and dried; also called Bombay Duck. |