gundy

See also: Gundy

English

Etymology 1

Noun

gundy (plural gundies)

1. (Trinidad and Tobago) A front claw of a crab.
   • 1998, Al Warren, My Native Cradle, page 124:

     They said that crabs folded their gundies inwards when the crabs were in their holes and were therefore unable to bite anyone from that position.

   • 2020 December 7, Stephon Nicholas, “Oil money hindered Tobago's tourism growth”, in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday‎^[1]:

     The experience of eating crab meat out of a gundy, if you film a session on that it's a big thing for experiential tourism.

Derived terms

• solomon gundy

Etymology 2

Noun

gundy (plural gundies)

1. (India) A true bug (genus Leptocorisa), known for being a pest on rice and for its unpleasant smell.
   • 1954, Annual Scientific Report, Indian Agricultural Research Institute:

     Control measures were also carried out against the 'Kutra' (Amsacta sp.), termites, ands, the paddy 'Gundy Bugs' (Leptocorisa varicornis), the 'Singhara Beetle' (Galerucella singhara), the 'Painted Bug' (Bagrada crusiferarum Kirk.), 'Red pumpkin beetle' (Aulacophora spp.) and the 'Cutworms' (Agrotis spp.).

   • 1914, Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher, Some South Indian Insects and Other Animals of Importance Considered Especially from an Economic Point of View:

     The stink-glands of many bugs are well known to most residents in India, whether by the characteristic odour of the common Bed-bug or by the disgusting taste in one's soup caused by a "gundy” which has been attracted by the lights on the dinner-table.

Anagrams

• dungy, nudgy

Middle English

Adjective

gundy

1. Alternative form of goundy