# taran

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #59,750

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/taran