rudd (r d)n. A European freshwater fish (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) related to the carp and having a brownish body and red fins. [Probably from rud, red; see ruddle.] |
rudd [rʌd]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, having a compressed dark greenish body and reddish ventral and tail fins
[probably from dialect rud red colour, from Old English rudu redness]
Rudd [rʌd]
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(Biographies / Rudd, Steele (1868-1935) M, Australian, WRITING: author) Steele, pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis, 1868-1935, Australian author. His works include On Our Selection (1899), Our New Selection (1902), and Back at Our Selection (1906), which featured the characters Dad and Dave
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| Noun | 1. |  rudd - European freshwater fish resembling the roachcyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales genus Scardinius, Scardinius - rudds |
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