WRASSE


Meaning of WRASSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈras ]

noun

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.