Found 2 items, similar to Wrasse.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: wrasse wrasse n : chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
English → English (gcide) Definition: Wrasse Wrasse \Wrasse\, n. [W. gwrachen.] (Zo["o]l.) 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]