Raad
name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An assembly in one of the Boer republics of South Africa.
- 2 The electric catfish.
""It might reasonably be expected," says Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, "that the raad, or electric fish of the Nile, would be one of the most sacred, and forbidden for food; and it seems not to be represented among those caught in the ancient fishing scenes." He adds regarding the raad:—"It is a small fish, and the one I saw measured little more than a foot long by four inches in depth, but it had the power of giving a very strong shock. It is the Melapterurus electricus, and may have been the ancient Latus.""
- 1 A surname.
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More examples""It might reasonably be expected," says Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, "that the raad, or electric fish of the Nile, would be one of the most sacred, and forbidden for food; and it seems not to be represented among those caught in the ancient fishing scenes." He adds regarding the raad:—"It is a small fish, and the one I saw measured little more than a foot long by four inches in depth, but it had the power of giving a very strong shock. It is the Melapterurus electricus, and may have been the ancient Latus.""
Etymology
From Dutch raad (“counsel”), cognate with Middle English ræd (“counsel”).
Borrowed from Arabic رَعْد (raʕd, “thunder”).
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