rudd
/rʌd
/noun (plural same)
A European freshwater fish of the carp family with a silvery body and red fins.
- Scardinius erythrophthalmus, family Cyprinidae.
- The coarse lake at Tewitfield continues to produce plenty of small carp, tench, roach, rudd and skimmers using maggot and casters fished on the drop.
- There I have caught bream, roach, rudd, tench, perch, pike, and gudgeon.
Origin
Early 16th century: apparently related to archaic rud 'red colour'.