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bummalo

[buhm-uh-loh]
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noun, plural bum·ma·los.
  1. Bombay duck.
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Origin of bummalo

1665–75; earlier bumbelow < Marathi bombīla, inflected case-form of bombīl
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British Dictionary definitions for bummalo

bummalo

noun plural -lo
  1. another name for Bombay duck
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Word Origin

C17: from Marathi bombīla
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