English Explanatory Dictionary

Taran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name.
noun
  1. A species of roach (Rutilus heckelii), a fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to the Black Sea basin: rivers Don, Kuban, Dnieper, Dniester, rarely Danube.
  2. A tactic of aerial ramming.

Word forms

Taran tarans

Etymology

Sense 1: from Russian тара́нь (taránʹ). Sense 2: from Russian таран (taran).

Derived words

Tarn Taran
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