Reference meaning
rode
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Of a male woodcock, to fly back and forth over the edge of a woodland while calling; to perform its, typically crepuscular, mating flight.
Other meanings
2. noun
The line from a vessel to its anchor.
3. proper noun
A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8053).
4. proper noun
A habitational name for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place named Rode.
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