WRASSE


Meaning of WRASSE in English

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

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