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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wrasse /ras/

▶noun (pl. same or wrasses) a marine fish with thick lips and strong teeth, typically brightly coloured. [Family Labridae: numerous species.]

– origin C17: from Cornish wrah; rel. to Welsh gwrach, lit. ‘old woman’.

'wrasse' also found in these Oxford entries:

ballan wrasse - cunner - groper - hogfish - parrotfish - razorfish - tautog

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