bangda means A fish of the species Rastrelliger kanagurta. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi बांगडा (bāṅgḍā).
noun
- A fish of the species Rastrelliger kanagurta.“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.”