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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ruffe, ruff /rʌf/ n

a European freshwater teleost fish, Acerina cernua, having a single spiny dorsal fin: family Percidae (perches)

Etymology: 15th Century: perhaps an alteration of rough (referring to its scales)

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