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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ruff  \Ruff\,  Ruffe  \Ruffe\,  n.  [OE.  ruffe.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  small  freshwater  European  perch  ({Acerina  vulgaris});  -- 
  called  also  {pope},  {blacktail},  and  {stone,  or  striped, 
  perch}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Blacktail  \Black"tail`\,  n.  [Black  +  tail.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  fish;  the  ruff  or  pope. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  black-tailed  deer  ({Cervus  or  Cariacus 
  Columbianus})  of  California  and  Oregon;  also  the  mule 
  deer  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  See  {Mule  deer}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  blacktail 
  n  :  mule  deer  of  western  Rocky  Mountains  [syn:  {black-tailed 
  deer},  {blacktail  deer},  {Odocoileus  hemionus  columbianus}] 




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