ide

A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus.

Noun

  1. A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus.
    • a pike says to the pike-folk / a whitefish asked an ide, a / salmon another salmon: / ‘Have they died, the famous men / have Kaleva's sons been lost […]?’ - 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala,...

Origin

Borrowed from French ide, from Scientific Latin idus (species name), from Swedish id.

Forms

ides id

Synonyms

orfe silver orfe

Related

ides