HyperDic: wrasse

English > 1 sense of the word wrasse:
NOUNanimalwrassechiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth
English > wrasse: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningchiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored.
Narrowerbluehead, Thalassoma bifasciatumsmall Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
cunner, bergall, Tautogolabrus adspersusCommon in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States
hogfish, hog snapper, Lachnolaimus maximuslarge wrasse of western Atlantic
pigfish, giant pigfish, Achoerodus gouldiiFound around the Great Barrier Reef
puddingwife, pudding-wife, Halicoeres radiatusbluish and bronze wrasse
razor fish, razor-fishAny of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
slippery dick, Halicoeres bivittatussmall wrasse of tropical Atlantic
tautog, blackfish, Tautoga onitislarge dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
Broaderpercoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Spanishlabridae
Catalanlàbrid

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