rudd

American  

[ruhd] / rʌd /

noun

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

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Rudd ¹ British  

/ rʌd /

noun

1. Kevin (Michael). born 1957, Australian politician: leader of the Labor Party (2006–10 and from 2013); Prime Minister (2007–2010 and from 2013)

2. 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

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rudd ² British  

/ rʌd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of rudd

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

Example Sentences

The sizes which limit the ordinary angler's aspirations are roach about 2 lb, rudd about 2½ lb, dace about 1 lb and chub about 5 lb.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

This is Heigham Sounds, now greatly overgrown, and a capital place for wild fowl; also for rudd, which here attain a very large size, and go in immense shoals. 

From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by Davies, G. Christopher

Among coarse fish the rudd is one of the best from the fly-fisher's point of view.

From Amateur Fish Culture by Walker, Charles Edward

Shee threw downe the mantle, that bright was of blee, Ffast with a red rudd to her chamber can shee flee.

From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank

The river Thurne and the channels through Heigham Sounds and Hickling swarm with bream, rudd, perch, roach, pike, and eels.

From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by Davies, G. Christopher