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