taran

Noun

(plural tarans)

A species of roach (Rutilus heckelii), a fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to the Black Sea basin: rivers Don, Kuban, Dnieper, Dniester, rarely Danube.

Origin

From Russian тарань (taránʹ)

See also: țăran

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Taran glanced at him, wishing him gone.
But Taran wanted no favors from any man, even one who may have been a good man, had he been the son of any other.
Taran watched him fade into the forest with a warrior's stealth.
Taran reached the lagging man and hacked him down, leapt over the body and one of the snapping traps, and continued.
Taran saw the two struggling figures teeter dangerously close to the edge of a pit.

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