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Meanings of gudgeon fish in English

Common name for several species of fish.

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        Examples for "gudgeon"
        Examples for "gudgeon"
        1
        Gradually the whale became a porpoise, and the porpoise became a gudgeon.
        Robur the Conqueror
        2
        The fish commonly caught are mullet, perch, barbel, gudgeon, bream, and chub.
        Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
        3
        Not enough, sir, to catch the merest fresh-water gudgeon that swims.
        Home as Found / Sequel to "Homeward Bound"
        4
        The kinds most common are barbel, carp, dace, bleak, and gudgeon.
        The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3: ...
        5
        She had caught him like a fisherman hooks a gudgeon.
        The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 / Boule de Suif and Other...