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rudd.

Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹʌd/
  1. Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.

  2. Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius. common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)

Where this word comes from

Akin to rud, ruddy, ruddock. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (whence also red) cognate with German Rotfeder, Irish ruán, Slovene rdečeperka. Compare typologically Bulgarian червеноперка (červenoperka) (<+ червен (červen)), Macedonian црвеноперка (crvenoperka) (<+ црвен (crven)), Russian краснопёрка (krasnopjórka) (<+ красный (krasnyj)); Turkish kızılkanat (kızıl + kanat).

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