wrasse
1665-75; plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh ‘old woman, hag; wrasse’, lenited form of gwragh. Pronunciation
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1665-75; plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh ‘old woman, hag; wrasse’, lenited form of gwragh. Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹæs/
wrasse (plural wrasses)
- 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.
- French: girelle, labre
- German: Lippfisch
- Italian: tordo di mare, labride
- Portuguese: bodião
- Russian: губан
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