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wrasse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹæs/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh (“old woman, hag; wrasse”), lenited form of gwragh.

Meanings

  1. 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 brightly colored.

Forms

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wrasses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

humphead wrasse · in . · tripletail wrasse · Maori wrasse · comb wrasse · green wrasse · Galápagos sheepshead wrasse · blueside wrasse · East Atlantic peacock wrasse · rainbow wrasse · puddingwife wrasse · slingjaw wrasse · wrasse blenny · ballan wrasse

Hyponyms

wrasse at FishBase (species called wrasse)

Synonyms

sea parrot

Translations (36)

de Lippfisch (fish of the family Labridae) · el λαπίνα (fish of the family Labridae) · fr labre (fish of the family Labridae) · ja 遍羅 (fish of the family Labridae) · el χειλού (fish of the family Labridae) · fr vieille (fish of the family Labridae) · eo labredo (fish of the family Labridae) · ru губан (fish of the family Labridae) · ast llurdu (fish of the family Labridae) · it labride (fish of the family Labridae) · cmn 瀨魚 /濑鱼 (fish of the family Labridae) · gl pinto (fish of the family Labridae) · hu ajakoshal (fish of the family Labridae) · th ปลานกขุนทอง (fish of the family Labridae) · ca làbrid (fish of the family Labridae) · pl wargacz (fish of the family Labridae) · ja 倍良 (fish of the family Labridae) · ga ballach (fish of the family Labridae) · ast durdu (fish of the family Labridae) · fi huulikala (fish of the family Labridae) · it tordo di mare (fish of the family Labridae) · ast botón (fish of the family Labridae) · bg зеленушка (fish of the family Labridae) · ast botona (fish of the family Labridae) · vi cá bàng chài (fish of the family Labridae) · kw gwragh (fish of the family Labridae) · gl budión (fish of the family Labridae) · fr girelle (fish of the family Labridae) · nl lipvis (fish of the family Labridae) · cy gwrachen (fish of the family Labridae) · sv läppfisk (fish of the family Labridae) · io labro (fish of the family Labridae) · tl maming (fish of the family Labridae) · cy gwrachan (fish of the family Labridae) · gl maragota (fish of the family Labridae) · pt bodião (fish of the family Labridae)