#baboi

• Ruffe — A popular or regional name given to several species of small freshwater fish, especially the ruffe, the European bullhead, or small dace, structurally characterized by an elongated and sharp body; by extension, the term is used collectively to denote tiny fish or low-quality pond fry.
• Tiny fish — A diminutive form of baboi; an extremely small freshwater fish or newly hatched fish fry that swims in schools along the muddy banks of rivers and lakes.
• The small fish — A local or archaic articulated form of the noun 'baboi'; it designates a specific specimen of small freshwater fish (ruffe or bullhead) or, collectively, the pond fry identified within a specific fishing context.