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Bombay duck

noun
🔊/ˌbɒmbeɪ ˈdʌk/
🔊/ˌbɑːmbeɪ ˈdʌk/
[uncountable]
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  1. dried fish eaten with curries
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: alteration of bummalo (of the same meaning), through association with Bombay in India, from which bummalo were exported; the reason for the use of the term duck is unknown.