name
Meaning 1
A surname transferred from the nickname.
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name
A surname transferred from the nickname.
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name
A minor city in Floyd County, Iowa, United States.
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noun
Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.
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noun
Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.
common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
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noun
European freshwater fish resembling the roach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Scardinius erythrophthalmus
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Broader terms: cyprinid, cyprinid fish
History
Originally a nickname from Middle English, meaning "red".
Akin to rud, ruddy, ruddock. Via Proto-Indo-European *h1rewdh- (whence also red) cognate with German Rotfeder, Irish ruán, Slovene rdečeperka. Compare typologically Bulgarian червеноперка (červenoperka) (<+ червен (červen)), Macedonian црвеноперка (crvenoperka) (<+ црвен (crven)), Russian краснопёрка (krasnopjórka) (<+ красный (krasnyj)); Turkish kızılkanat (kızıl + kanat).
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