rudd

[ruhd]

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noun

a European, freshwater fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, of the carp family.

Rudd

/ ��ʌ�� /

noun

Kevin (Michael). born 1957, Australian politician: leader of the Labor Party (2006–10 and from 2013); Prime Minister (2007–2010 and from 2013)
Steele , pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis , 1868–1935, Australian author. His works include On Our Selection (1899), Our New Selection (1902), Back at Our Selection (1906) and Grandpa's Selection (1916) which featured the characters Dad and Dave

rudd

/ ��ʌ�� /

noun

a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus , having a compressed dark greenish body and reddish ventral and tail fins

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rudd¹

1600–10; apparently special use of rud redness (now dial.), Middle English rude, Old English rudu; red ¹, ruddy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rudd¹

C17: probably from dialect rud red colour, from Old English rudu redness

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The park boasts two lakes stocked with carp, rudd, bream, trout and perch.

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Records set this year include chinook salmon and smallmouth bass in the restricted category, and smallmouth bass, smallmouth buffalo, European rudd and longnose gar in the unrestricted category.

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The fishing is as good as it can be for pike, rudd, roach, and bream.

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The rudd, found in the Witham, is not unlike the roach, but a thicker fish, with sides and back almost of a green tinge.

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In about twenty months the pond was full of small rudd, and last year we netted out many hundred, as the water was terribly over-stocked with them.

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rudbeckia rudder

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