wrasse

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/ɹæs/

noun

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.

Similar
sea parrot
OriginCornish wragh →
UncommonFirst used mid-17th c.Scrabble 9
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Meanings

nounwrasse (plural wrasses)

plural wrasses

  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.First known use mid-17th c.

    Synonyms: sea parrot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny 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.

Similar
sea parrot
Also see
seawife

Origin

  1. Cornishwragh“old woman, hag; wrasse”
  2. Englishwrasse

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

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Translations

Bulgarian зеленушка
  • зеленушка (zelenuška)fish of the family Labridae
Catalan làbrid
  • làbridfish of the family Labridae
Chinese Mandarin 瀨魚 /濑鱼
  • 瀨魚 /濑鱼 (làiyú)fish of the family Labridae
Dutch lipvis
  • lipvisfish of the family Labridae
Esperanto labredo
  • labredofish of the family Labridae
Finnish huulikala
  • huulikalafish of the family Labridae
French girelle, labre
  • girellefish of the family Labridae
  • labrefish of the family Labridae
  • vieillefish of the family Labridae
German Lippfisch
  • Lippfischfish of the family Labridae
Greek χειλού, λαπίνα
  • χειλού (cheiloú)fish of the family Labridae
  • λαπίνα (lapína)fish of the family Labridae
Hungarian ajakoshal
  • ajakoshalfish of the family Labridae
Irish ballach
  • ballachfish of the family Labridae
Italian tordo di mare, labride
  • tordo di marefish of the family Labridae
  • labridefish of the family Labridae
Japanese 遍羅, 倍良
  • 遍羅fish of the family Labridae
  • 倍良 (bera)fish of the family Labridae
Polish wargacz
  • wargaczfish of the family Labridae
Portuguese bodião
  • bodiãofish of the family Labridae
Russian губан
  • губан (guban)fish of the family Labridae
Swedish läppfisk
  • läppfiskfish of the family Labridae
Tagalog maming
  • mamingfish of the family Labridae
Thai ปลานกขุนทอง
  • ปลานกขุนทอง (bplaa-nók-kǔn-tɔɔng)fish of the family Labridae
Vietnamese cá bàng chài
  • cá bàng chàifish of the family Labridae
Welsh gwrachan, gwrachen
  • gwrachanfish of the family Labridae
  • gwrachenfish of the family Labridae

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wrasse

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Anagrams

Wasser
Cite this entry
APA

wrasse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrasse

MLA

“wrasse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrasse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrasse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrasse.

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