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• Rudd (disambiguation) — Rudd is a family name and may refer to:PeopleFamily name* Alyson Rudd, British journalist * Bevil Rudd (1894 1948), South African athlete, Olympic gold medalist * Billy Rudd (born 1941), English footballer * Charles Rudd (1844 1916), business… …   Wikipedia

• Rudd — Rudd, n. [See {Rud}, n.] (Zo[ o]l.) A fresh water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus erythrophthalmus}). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rudd — /rud/, n. a European, freshwater fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, of the carp family. [1600 10; appar. special use of rud redness (now dial.), ME rude, OE rudu; cf. RED1, RUDDY] * * * ▪ fish       (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), stout bodied… …   Universalium

• fish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. angle; pull out, dredge; solicit; search. See pursuit, desire, fish, food. II Aquatic vertebrate animal Nouns 1. fish, denizen of the deep, Pisces; anadromous, freshwater or saltwater fish, tropical …   English dictionary for students

• rudd — noun A species of freshwater game fish (Scardinius erythropthalmus). Within minutes of starting I had my first fish a rudd about a pound, this was followed by a tench about five pounds …   Wiktionary

• rudd — /rʌd/ (say rud) noun (plural rudd or rudds) a European freshwater fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, of the carp family. {apparently special use of rud (now dialect), Old English rudu redness} Usage: For variation in the plural inflection, see… …  

• rudd — noun Etymology: probably from rud redness, red ocher, from Middle English rude, from Old English rudu more at ruddy Date: 1526 a freshwater Eurasian cyprinid fish (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) resembling the golden shiner …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rudd — n. European freshwater fish with silver body and red fins (of the carp family) …   English contemporary dictionary

• rudd — noun (plural same) a European freshwater fish of the carp family with a silvery body and red fins. [Rutilus erythrophthalmus.] Origin C16: appar. related to archaic rud red colour …   English new terms dictionary

• rudd — [[t]rʌd[/t]] n. ich a European cyprinid fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, of the carp family • Etymology: 1600–10; appar. identical with rud redness (now dial.), ME rude, OE rudu; cf. red, ruddy …   From formal English to slang

• rudd — n. (pl. same) a freshwater fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, resembling a roach and having red fins. Etymology: app. rel. to rud red colour f. OE rudu, rel. to RED …   Useful english dictionary