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Taran¹

proper noun

  1. A male given name.

taran²

Where it comes from

Sense 1: from Russian тара́нь (taránʹ). Sense 2: from Russian таран (taran).

noun 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.
  2. A tactic of aerial ramming.

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noun Rutilus heckelii

Русскийтара́нь taránʹ, тара́нка taránka

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@misc{taran_2026,
  title = {taran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taran},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}