Main Entry:

wrasse

Pronunciation:

\ˈras\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural wrasses also wrasse

Etymology:

Cornish gwragh, wragh hag, wrasse

Date:

circa 1672

: any of a large family (Labridae) of elongate usually brilliantly colored marine bony fishes that usually bury themselves in sand at night and include important food fishes as well as a number of popular aquarium fishes