ˈras, -aa(ə)s, -ais noun
( -s )
Etymology: Cornish wragh, gwragh
: any of numerous elongate compressed but heavy-bodied usually brilliantly colored marine fishes of the family Labridae that are related to the parrot fishes but have separate teeth in their jaws and conspicuous thick lips, that are common along rocky shores, and that include various important food fishes especially of warm seas as well as some that are reputed poisonous — see ballan , doncella , green wrasse , hogfish 1a