wrasse

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun wrasse has 1 sense

wrasse(n = noun.animal) Array - chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored; Array

has particulars: achoerodus gouldii, giant pigfish, pigfish, hog snapper, hogfish, lachnolaimus maximus, halicoeres bivittatus, slippery dick, halicoeres radiatus, pudding-wife, puddingwife, bluehead, thalassoma bifasciatum, razor-fish, razor fish, blackfish, tautog, tautoga onitis, bergall, cunner, tautogolabrus adspersus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

wrasse, n. [W. gwrachen.].

Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored. [1913 Webster]

" Among the European species are the ballan wrasse (Labrus maculatus), the streaked wrasse (Labrus lineatus), the red wrasse (Labrus mixtus), the comber wrasse (Labrus comber), the blue-striped, or cook, wrasse (see Peacock fish, under Peacock), the rainbow wrasse (Labrus vulgaris), and the seawife." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

wrasse, n. any bright-coloured marine fish of the family Labridae with thick lips and strong teeth.

Etymology

Corn. wrach, var. of gwrach, = Welsh gwrach, lit. 'old woman'

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