Bombay duck Bombay duck The Bombay duck or bummalo ("Harpadon nehereus"), is a lizardfish. Adults may reach a maximum length of 40 cm, but the usual size is around 25 cm. The origin of the term "Bombay duck" is uncertain. One popular etymology relates to railways. When the rail links started on the Indian subcontinent, people from eastern Bengal were made aware of the great availability of the locally prized fish on India's western coasts and began importing them by the railways. Since the smell of the dried fish was overpowering, its transportation was later consigned to the mail train; the Bombay
What Are Little Girls Made Of? What Are Little Girls Made Of? "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" is the seventh episode of the of the American science fiction television series, "". Written by Robert Bloch and directed by James Goldstone, it first aired on October 20, 1966. The first episode of the series to be repeated on NBC, the title of the episode is taken from the fourth line of the 19th-century nursery rhyme, "What Are Little Boys Made Of?." In the episode, Nurse Chapel searches for her long lost fiancé, and uncovers his secret plan for galactic conquest. On stardate 2712.4, the Federation starship