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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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  1. 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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