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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
wrasse n 1: chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Wrasse \Wrasse\, n. [W. gwrachen.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored. [1913 Webster] Note: Among the European species are the ballan wrasse (Labrus maculatus), the streaked wrasse (Labrus lineatus), the red wrasse (Labrus mixtus), the comber wrasse (Labrus comber), the blue-striped, or cook, wrasse (see Peacock fish, under Peacock), the rainbow wrasse (Labrus vulgaris), and the seawife. [1913 Webster] | ||
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