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rudd (rud)

noun

a European freshwater minnow (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) with yellow-orange eyes and red fins, now introduced in the U.S.

Etymology: akin to ME rude < OE rudu, red; akin to read, red

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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