Wrasse

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(Zool.) 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.

Noun

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wrasse - chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored

Achoerodus gouldii, bergall, blackfish, bluehead, cunner, giant pigfish, Halicoeres bivittatus, Halicoeres radiatus, hog snapper, hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, pigfish, pudding-wife, puddingwife, razor fish, razor-fish, slippery dick, tautog, Tautoga onitis, Tautogolabrus adspersus, Thalassoma bifasciatum