English Explanatory Dictionary

wrasse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.

Pronunciation

/ɹæs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wrasse.wav

Word forms

wrasse wrasses

Etymology

Plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh (“old woman, hag; wrasse”), lenited form of gwragh.

Derived words

ballan wrasse blueside wrasse comb wrasse humphead wrasse East Atlantic peacock wrasse Galápagos sheepshead wrasse Maori wrasse puddingwife wrasse rainbow wrasse slingjaw wrasse wrasse blenny in .
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