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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RUFFE

Perhaps an alteration of rough (referring to its scales).
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PRONUNCIATION OF RUFFE

ruffe  [rʌf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUFFE

noun
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determiner
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Ruffe is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RUFFE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ruffe

Ruffe

The Eurasian ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernua, is a freshwater fish found in temperate regions of Europe and northern Asia. It has been introduced into the Great Lakes of North America, reportedly with unfortunate results. Its common names are ambiguous – "ruffe" may refer to any local member of its genus Gymnocephalus, which as a whole is natively endemic to Eurasia.

Definition of ruffe in the English dictionary

The definition of ruffe in the dictionary is a European freshwater teleost fish, Acerina cernua, having a single spiny dorsal fin: family Percidae Also called: pope.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUFFE

ruer
rufescence
rufescent
ruff
ruffed grouse
ruffian
ruffianish
ruffianism
ruffianly
ruffle
ruffle feathers
ruffled
ruffler
Rufflette
Rufflette tape
rufflike
ruffling
ruffly
rufiyaa
rufous

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUFFE

agraffe
Aycliffe
bouffe
coiffe
gaffe
giraffe
griffe
Luftwaffe
Northcliffe
O´Keeffe
opere buffe
piaffe
pouffe
Radcliffe
Sutcliffe
Tartuffe
Wickliffe
Wicliffe
Wycliffe

Synonyms and antonyms of ruffe in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ruffe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUFFE

Find out the translation of ruffe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ruffe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ruffe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ruffe
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ruffe
570 millions of speakers

English

ruffe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ruffe
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ruffe
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ерша
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ruffe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ruffe
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grémille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ruffe
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kaulbarsch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ruffe
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ruffe
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ruffe
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ruffe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ruffe
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रूफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

platika
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ruffe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jazgarz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

йоржа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ruffe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ruffe
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ruffe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gärs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ruffe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ruffe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUFFE»

The term «ruffe» is regularly used and occupies the 98.979 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUFFE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUFFE»

Discover the use of ruffe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ruffe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Competition for Food Between Perch (Perca Fluviatilis L.) ...
Competition with ruffe may also slightly influence perch. The high abundances of ruffe in the 1990s might have delayed a shift of perch to zoobenthos, when zooplankton abundances seriously declined. Bergman and Greenberg (1994) ...
Diana Schleuter, 2007
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Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum, lexicon ...
Ruffe-Z]. Tomus [tertior Galfridus (Grammaticus), Albert Way. S'rsnvnon, or leemynge of fyyr. Flammacio. STEMYNE, 0r stodul, or stothe yn a webbyshonde ( stemyne of clothe, K. P. in a webbys eend, s.)l F0rag0,G.F. (Versus,fodder forago, lyst ...
Galfridus (Grammaticus), Albert Way, 1865
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Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Biology and ...
According to Fullerton et al. (1997), in laboratory experiments ruffe consumed preferentially individuals of soft-bodied taxa, such as mayflies, chironomids, and oligochaetes, and avoided taxa provided with morphological protection, such as  ...
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Marine Eutrophication and Population Dynamics: 25th European ...
IKE □ 1 cm 0.2 cm sedi- sediment ment Figure 3. Survival of Sialis in Experiment 3. Statistical test used is f-test: f-value = -14.70, p< 0.001. Symbols as in Figure 1. Number of surviving Corophium 70 50 Control Sialis Ruffe Ruffe + Sialis Figure ...
Giuseppe Colombo, 1992
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Pandora's Locks: The Opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence ...
freighters that operated exclusively within the Great Lakes, enacted a ballast water exchange program to slow the ruffe's spread. The voluntary program asked operators of ships that took on ballast water in western Lake Superior ports to ...
Jeff Alexander, 2011
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The Official Guide for GMAT Review
The Eurasian ruffe,afish species inadvertently introducedinto North America's Great Lakes in recent years, feeds on the eggs of lake whitefish, a native species, thus threatening thelakes' natural ecosystem. To help track the ruffe's spread, ...
Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), 2012
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Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Freshwater Fish
Featuring information on identification, habitat, size, and diet, Ken Schultz's Guide to Freshwater Fish is a must for anglers and sportfishing enthusiasts everywhere.
Ken Schultz, 2010
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Fishes in Estuaries
However, Hölker and Temming (1996) discuss that the low exponential coefficient (A·=·0.045) estimated from their own results may indicate either a comparatively slow general response of evacuation rate to temperature in ruffe, or that the ...
M. Elliott, Krystal L. Hemingway, 2008
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Nonindigenous species an emerging issue for the EPA.
He focused on the ruffe, originally native to Europe and Asia, but now abundant in upper Lake Superior. The release of ballast water from ships introduced ruffes into western Lake Superior. Since then, the ruffe has spread along the southern ...
John W. Chapman, 2001
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Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Five-Volume Set
the goldfish, employs a promiscuous mating system in which males engage in scramble competition (Emlen and Oring, I977) for access to females at the time of spawning. Although ruffe reproduction involves a hormonal pheromone system, ...
‎2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUFFE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ruffe is used in the context of the following news items.
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PICTURES - Galmpton Primary School through the years
STUART Ruffe is retiring from Galmpton Primary School after being at the helm for 32 years, so look through our album at Galmpton Primary School through the ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»
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It's ruffe for anglers in league fixture
Rob Thornton had yet another second place finish with 110g (0:4:0) whilst Ian Parker (14 ruffe) and Simon Chenior tied for third place with 60g (0:2:0). Fifth was ... «Craven Herald, Jun 15»
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Ruffe captures Scholar-Athlete award at CSI banquet
College of Staten Island junior tennis player Ed Ruffe won the prestigious Scholar-Athlete of the Year award Tuesday night at the school's annual athletics award ... «SILive.com, May 15»
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Florida Supreme Court disciplines 26 attorneys; none from …
Lance John Ruffe, Coral Gables, suspended until further order. Ruffe pleaded no contest in court to one count of possession of a controlled substance, a third ... «Jacksonville Daily Record, Mar 15»
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Women still a minority in film industry
Megan Ruffe, a 2013 Penn State alumnus who double majored in film production and geography, noticed during her cinematography and editing classes in ... «USA TODAY College, Jan 15»
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5 South Florida attorneys disciplined by state Supreme Court
(Admitted to practice: 1999) Ruffe was found in contempt for failing to comply with the terms of a Nov. 21, 2013, suspension order. Ruffe was required to notify his ... «Local 10, Nov 14»
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Veterinärnotan blev tre gånger så dyr
”Vi gick med vår dvärgschnauzer Ruffe till Aleveterinären. De brukar annonsera om tanddagar, där man kan få en tandkontroll gratis. Även om jag då inte sett ... «Göteborgs-Posten, Oct 14»
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Union Brae pair clock up half a century at surgery
Dr Neil Forster, Dr Sarah Ruffe, Dr Jane Howson and Dr Dick Fowles. (Front row) Shona Anderson, Lead Dispenser and Julie Blythe, Assistant Practice ... «Berwick Today, Oct 14»
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Environmental DNA pinpointing Buffalo Harbor invasive species
... hydrilla plant; the aggressive, plankton-consuming “killer shrimp” invertebrate; the predatory northern snakehead fish; the Eurasian ruffe and the Asian clam. «Buffalo News, Jun 14»
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Invasive Fish Species Efforts in Lake Michigan
Eurasian ruffe, an eastern European species of fish, have been found in Lake Superior ... Researchers detected environmental DNA of Eurasian ruffe in Calumet ... «Net Newsledger, May 14»

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