rudd

Definitions

1. Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.
2. A surname transferred from the nickname.
3. common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
4. A minor city in Floyd County, Iowa, United States.

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Examples

“Within minutes of starting I had my first fish⟳ a rudd about a pound, this was followed by a tench about five pounds.”

“I’m not surprised that Rudd seizes on my accent – his parents were British Jews from Edgware and Surbiton, and while Rudd was born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in the US, he was often in Britain as a kid to visit⟳ relatives in London’s less glamorous suburbs and Basingstoke.”

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