Usually means: Hinges or pivots for rotation.
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  1. gudgeons: Merriam-Webster
  2. gudgeons: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gudgeons: Vocabulary.com
  4. Gudgeons, gudgeons: Wordnik
  5. gudgeons: Wiktionary
  6. gudgeons, gudgeons: Dictionary.com
  7. gudgeons: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  8. gudgeons: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gudgeons: Encyclopedia

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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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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