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Definition of 'wrasse' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) wrasse
any tropical marine fish of the family Labridae, esp. of the genus Labrus, having thick, fleshy lips and powerful teeth.

Etymology:  (1665–75; appar. orig. a pl. of dial. (Cornwall) wrah, wrath < Cornish wragh, var. of gwragh lit., old woman, hag; cf. Welsh gwrach(en), Breton gwrac&hamza;h)

Definition of 'wrasse' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wrasse
chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored


Definition of 'wrasse' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) wrasse
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



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