ide

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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 […]?’"

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