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Definition of wrasse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wrasse

noun

/ræs/

/ræs/

(plural wrasse, wrasses)

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a sea fish with thick lips and strong teethTopics Fish and shellfishc2
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Cornish wrah; related to Welsh gwrach, literally ‘old woman’.

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