3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The rudd.
RUD
Rud, v. t.
Defn: To make red. [Obs.] Spenser.
RUDBECKIA Rud*beck"i*a, n. [NL. So named after Olaf Rudebeck, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. Rudbeckia hirta, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows.
RUDD
Rudd, n. Etym: [See Rud, n.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
RUDDER
Rud"der, n.
Defn: A riddle or sieve. [Prov. Eng.]