wrasse
pronunciation
How to pronounce wrasse in British English:
UK [ræs]
How to pronounce wrasse in American English:
US [ ræs]
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- Noun:
- chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
Word Origin
- wrasse (n.)
- type of salt-water fish, 1670s, from Cornish wrach, related to Welsh gurach.
Example
- 1. Manta rays regularly visit " cleaning stations " where small wrasse fish clean them of parasites .
- 2. Close relatives of the wrasse , parrot fish are abundant in and around the tropical reefs of all the world 's oceans .
- 3. The cleaner wrasse did not discriminate between male and female sharks , suggesting both get equally dirty .
- 4. There , hungry and detail-driven cleaner wrasse fish rid sharks of dead skin , external parasites and other undesirables .
- 5. Simon oliver , a researcher at the university of wales , bangor , school of ocean sciences , and colleagues focused their investigation on interactions between thresher sharks and cleaner wrasse at a seamount in the philippines .