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 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

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 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

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

From Project Gutenberg