Definitions from Wiktionary (gudgeon)

▸ noun:  A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.
▸ noun:  (Canada) Cottus bairdii, more widely known as mottled sculpin.
▸ noun:  (Australia) Any of various similar small fish of the family Eleotridae, often used as bait.
▸ noun:  Other fish, similar in appearance, principally in families Butidae and Eleotridae, but also in others.
▸ noun:  (figurative, archaic) A person apt to take the bait; one easily cheated or duped; also, an idiot.
▸ noun:  (figurative, archaic) Something used to lure or tempt; bait, a lure.
▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic) To deprive (someone) fraudulently; to cheat, to dupe.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, archaic) To take the bait; to be defrauded or duped.
▸ noun:  (also attributively) A circular or cylindrical fitting, often made of metal, into which a pin or pintle fits to create a hinge or pivoting joint.
▸ noun:  (nautical, specifically) In a vessel with a stern-mounted rudder: the fitting into which the pintle of the rudder fits, allowing the rudder to swing freely.



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