Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small spiny freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernuus) of the family Percidae, native to Eurasia but introduced into and spreading in the Great Lakes.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of roughie.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A fish, the Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) and other species in the same genus.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From variant of ruff.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ruffe.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.