Definition of wrasse Wrasse

wrasse

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Noun

Plural: wrasses

wrasse - chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
  percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
  achoerodus gouldii, giant pigfish, pigfish found from Long Island southward
  hog snapper, lachnolaimus maximus, hogfish large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
  halicoeres bivittatus, slippery dick small wrasse of tropical Atlantic
  halicoeres radiatus, pudding-wife, puddingwife bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
  bluehead, thalassoma bifasciatum small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
  razor-fish, razor fish any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
  tautog, tautoga onitis, blackfish large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • wrasse (Noun)
    Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus , of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • wrasse (n.)
    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.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • wrasse
    The Crenilabrus tinca, a sea-fish, sometimes called old-wife.

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