n.
Pronunciation: ' ras
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural wrasses also wrasse
Etymology: Cornish gwragh, wragh hag, wrasse
Date: circa 1672
: any of a large family (Labridae) of elongate usually brilliantly colored marine bony fishes that usually bury themselves in sand at night and include important food fishes as well as a number of popular aquarium fishes