wrasse

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

ballan wrasse

Tautogolabrus

Translations

Cheilinus fasciatus

Lippfisch

Epibulus insidiator

Coris gaimardi

vieille

labre

Gefleckte Lippfisch

labridae

λαπίνα

labridés

crénilabre

vieille commune

labro

tordo di mare

girelle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹæs/

Etymology

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