Wrasse

[ræs]

Definition

(noun.) chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored.

Typist: Lottie--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

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Definition

n. a genus of bony fishes representative of the large family Labrid and including many species on European and North African coasts. Common British species are the ballan-wrasse the red wrasse and the gibbous wrasse.

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