rudd

[ ruhd ]

noun

1. a European, freshwater fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, of the carp family.

Rudd

¹

/ rʌd /

noun

1. RuddKevin1957MAustralianPOLITICS: prime minister Kevin (Michael). born 1957, Australian politician: leader of the Labor Party (2006–10 and from 2013); Prime Minister (2007–2010 and from 2013)
2. RuddSteele18681935MAustralianWRITING: author Steele , pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis , 1868–1935, Australian author. His works include On Our Selection (1899), Our New Selection (1902), Back at Our Selection (1906) and Grandpa's Selection (1916) which featured the characters Dad and Dave

rudd

²

/ rʌd /

noun

1. a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus , having a compressed dark greenish body and reddish ventral and tail fins

Word History and Origins

Origin of rudd¹

1600–10; apparently special use of rud redness (now dial.), Middle English rude, Old English rudu; red ¹, ruddy

Word History and Origins

Origin of rudd¹

C17: probably from dialect rud red colour, from Old English rudu redness

Example Sentences

The park boasts two lakes stocked with carp, rudd, bream, trout and perch.

From BBC

Records set this year include chinook salmon and smallmouth bass in the restricted category, and smallmouth bass, smallmouth buffalo, European rudd and longnose gar in the unrestricted category.

From Washington Times

The fishing is as good as it can be for pike, rudd, roach, and bream. 

From Project Gutenberg

The rudd, found in the Witham, is not unlike the roach, but a thicker fish, with sides and back almost of a green tinge. 

From Project Gutenberg

In about twenty months the pond was full of small rudd, and last year we netted out many hundred, as the water was terribly over-stocked with them.

From Project Gutenberg