Robert Burchfield deleted words like 'balisaur', a badger-like animal from India, 'Danchi', a Bengali plant and 'boviander', the name in British Guyana for a person of mixed race living on the river banks.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is now re-examining words removed by Burchfield who edited the respected dictionary during the 70s and 80s and who died in 2004 aged 81, the 'Daily Mail' reported.