Look up: Wrasse


  1. wrasse
    [n] - chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth
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  2. Wrasse
    A fish with teeth often caught close in around rock ledges at Staithes, Kettleness, Hawsker, Robin hoods bay and Ravenscar.
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  3. Wrasse
    Wrasse noun [ W. gwrachen .] (Zoology) 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 ...
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  4. wrasse
    <zoology> 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-coloured. ... Among the European species are the ballan wrasse (Labrus maculatus), ...
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  5. wrasse
    noun chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
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  6. Wrasse
    • (n.) 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.
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  7. wrasse
    any of 300 or more species of marine fishes of the family Labridae (order Perciformes). Wrasses range from about 5 centimetres (2 inches) to 2 ... [3 related articles]
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  8. Wrasse
    The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes. They are typically small fish, most of them less than {convert|20|cm|in} long, although the l...
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  9. wrasse
    wrasse (răs) , common name for a member of the large family Labridae, brilliantly colored fishes found among rocks and kelp in tropical seas. Wrasses, related to the parrotfishes, feed on mollusks and are equipped with shell-crushing teeth in both the mouth and throat. The lips are fleshy, and...
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  10. Wrasse
    Wrasse is a popular English name for any marine percoid fish of the family Labridae, found in tropical and temperate seas. They have thick lips, strong teeth, and usually a bright colouration. Many are used as food fishes.
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  11. wrasse
    Any bony fish of the family Labridae, found in temperate and tropical seas. They are slender and often brightly coloured, with a single long dorsal fin. They have elaborate courtship rituals, and some species can change their colouring and sex. Species vary in size from 5 cm/2 in to 2 m/6.5 ft
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008788.html

  12. wrasse
    1) Brightly colored marine fish 2) Colorful fish 3) Fish 4) Hogfish, e.g. 5) Percoid 6) Percoid fish 7) Percoidean 8) Razorfish, e.g. 9) Tropical food fish
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