gudgeon

noun

small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers

small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker

Roots

gobiusgudgeon- · Latin · small fish

Synonyms for gudgeon

pintlen

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