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Look up: gudgeon

  1. gudgeon
    [n] - small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
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  2. Gudgeon
    Part of a rudder hinge witha hole to take the pintle.
    Found on http://www.go-sail.co.uk/dglossg.html

  3. Gudgeon
    ring part of a rudder fitting into which pintle fits
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. Gudgeon
    Gud'geon (gŭj'ŭn) noun [ Middle English gojon , French goujon , from Latin gobio , or gobius , Greek kwbio`s Confer 1st Goby . ] 1. (Zoology) A small European freshwater fish (...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/64

  5. Gudgeon
    Gud'geon transitive verb To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. [ R.] « To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you.» Sir IV. Scott.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/64

  6. gudgeon
    1. <zoology> A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons. ... 2. What may be got without skill or merit. 'Fish not, with this melancholy bait,...
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  7. gudgeon
    noun small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Gudgeon
    • (n.) What may be got without skill or merit. • (v. t.) To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. • (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. gudgeon
    (species Gobio gobio), common small fish of the carp family, Cyprinidae, found in clear, fresh waters of Europe and northern Asia. A grayish or ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/78

  10. Gudgeon
    On a ship, a gudgeon is a solid lug on the stemframe or rudder with a suitable opening to receive the pintle.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Gudgeon
    Gudgeon is slang for a person who is easy to trick or cheat.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. Gudgeon
    Gudgeon is slang for a person who is easy to trick or cheat.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Gudgeon
    The gudgeon (Gobio) is a freshwater fish found in Europe and north Asia. It belongs to the carp family (Cyprinidae) and has short dorsal and anal fins without spines. On each side of the mouth is a small barbel.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. gudgeon
    Any of an Old World group of freshwater fishes of the carp family, especially the species G. gobio found in Europe and northern Asia on the gravel bottoms of streams. It is olive-brown, spotted with black, and up to 20 cm/8 in long, with a distinctive barbel (sensory bristle, or `whisker`) at each side of the mo...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  15. Gudgeon
    : For the freshwater fish, see gudgeon (fish). A `gudgeon` is a circular fitting, often made of metal, which is affixed to a surface. It allows for the pivoting of another fixture. It is generally used with a pintle, which is a pin which pivots in the hole in the gudgeon. As such, a gudgeon i...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudgeon

  16. Gudgeon
    (fish) `Gudgeon` is a common name for a number of small freshwater fishes of the families Cyprinidae, Eleotridae or Ptereleotridae. Most gudgeons are elongate, bottom-dwelling fish, many of which live in rapids and other fast moving water. Gudgeons in the family Cyprinidae: Various cyprinid g...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudgeon



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