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Webster 1913 Edition

Wrasse

Wrasse

,
Noun.
[W.
gwrachen
.]
(Zool.)
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.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wrasse

WRASS

, WRASSE,
Noun.
A fish, the Labrus tinca of Linne, called by authors, turdus vulgaris, or tinca marina, the sea-tench, and sometimes old-wife. It resembles the carp in figure, and is covered with large scales. The name is also applied to other species of the genus Labrus.

Definition 2024

wrasse

wrasse

English

Noun

wrasse ‎(plural wrasses)

  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 bright-colored.

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Etymology

1665-75; plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh ‘old woman, hag; wrasse’, lenited form of gwragh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ræs/
  • Rhymes: -æs

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