"taran" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tarans [plural]
Etymology: Sense 1: from Russian тара́нь (taránʹ). Sense 2: from Russian таран (taran). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ru|тара́нь}} Russian тара́нь (taránʹ), {{uder|en|ru|таран}} Russian таран (taran) Head templates: {{en-noun}} taran (plural tarans)
  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. Translations (Rutilus heckelii): тара́нь (taránʹ) [feminine] (Russian), тара́нка (taránka) [feminine] (Russian), тара́ня (taránja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), тара́нька (taránʹka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-taran-en-noun-1wsKCQvd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Leuciscine fish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 68 9 15 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 7 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Leuciscine fish: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'Rutilus heckelii': 100 0
  2. A tactic of aerial ramming.
    Sense id: en-taran-en-noun-QTxjTiz0

Inflected forms

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