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rudd

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. rudd (noun)
  2. Rudd (biographical name)
  3. rud (noun)
  4. rud (verb)

rudd

noun \ˈrəd, ˈru̇d\

Definition of RUDD

: a freshwater Eurasian cyprinid fish (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) resembling the golden shiner

Origin of RUDD

probably from rud redness, red ocher, from Middle English rude, from Old English rudu — more at ruddy
First Known Use: 1526

Rhymes with RUDD

good, hood, pud, should, wood, would, yod

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