rudd Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun European freshwater fish resembling the roach
    Scardinius erythrophthalmus.

WordNet

Rudd noun
Etymology
See Rud, n.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.

Webster 1913