gudgeon

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Topmouth gudgeon carries a deadly disease for native UK fishes Work to remove a deadly fish species from three lakes at the Millennium Coastal Park in Llanelli is entering the second phase.

From BBC

"We used to have lots of roach and dace and see gudgeon after gudgeon, but you hardly see any now," Meadhurst said.

From The Guardian

One day the gudgeon of the cutter’s rudder was missing, and was believed to have been stolen.

From Project Gutenberg

A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

From Project Gutenberg

The attention of this foundry was directed to casting gudgeons for water and horse mills, dog and smoothing irons, and odd oven lids.

From Project Gutenberg