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Definition of wrasse in English: wrassenounPlural wrasses rasræs A marine fish with thick lips and strong teeth, typically brightly coloured with marked differences between the male and female. 隆头鱼 Family Labridae: numerous genera and species Example sentencesExamples - A fantastically coloured male cuckoo wrasse, all neon blues and gold, darted out in front of me.
- A social system exists among the three different kinds of bluehead wrasses.
- As a youngster he fished off the rocks for the usual species of cod, pollack, coley, wrasse, mackerel and dogfish with the odd plaice or eel.
- We have had plaice from here but there are also large eels and loads of wrasse if you fish close to the rocks.
- Many male damselfish, wrasses, and angelfish, among others, maintain harems.
- Rockmover wrasses, also called dragon wrasses, have an oblong compressed body and a wedge-shaped head.
- Most parrotfishes seek out caves and ledges in the reef for protection at night, but parrotfishes in the genus Cryptotomus bury themselves in the sand like wrasses.
- The presence of the model predator at the mating site resulted in a strong initial reaction by both male and female bluehead wrasses.
- In marine areas, species concentrations are highest around coral reefs, where butterflyfishes and angelfishes, wrasses, parrotfishes and triggerfishes are common.
- Most other closely related wrasses utilize a combination of suction and biting to take less elusive invertebrate prey items.
- When spawning, wrasses gather in loose aggregations where one dominant male oversees many females within a general territory.
- Like most wrasses, they surround themselves with a mucus layer to cover their scent while they sleep, avoiding discovery by a nighttime predator.
- A well-studied species exhibiting early sex change is the bluehead wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum.
- The most common day predators are wrasses (family Labridae) and other damselfishes (family Pomacentridae).
- The census also revealed that four fish species - butterfly fish, damselfish, and two wrasses - may now be locally extinct.
- Coral fish such as groupers and wrasses have all but vanished from some waters, especially off the coasts of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
- Below them goatfish, wrasses and scorpionfish frolicked amongst the kelp holdfasts.
- Closer to the reef, divers will be attracted by the hive of activity - wrasses, damselfish, butterflyfish and cleaner fish dart about foraging for food among the hard corals.
- The marine life was much the same again, but as we were about to surface we saw the bright colours of a wrasse emerge from under the bonnet.
- Most of what you see here are coral fish like various wrasses, squirrelfish, Moorish Idols, parrotfish, angelfish, surgeonfish and butterflyfish.
OriginLate 17th century: from Cornish wrah; related to Welsh gwrach, literally 'old woman'. Rhymesalas, Alsace, amass, Bass, chasse, crass, crevasse, en masse, gas, Hamas, lass, mass, morass, sass, tarantass, tass Definition of wrasse in US English: wrassenounrasræs A marine fish with thick lips and strong teeth, typically brightly colored with marked differences between the male and female. 隆头鱼 Family Labridae: numerous genera and species Example sentencesExamples - Like most wrasses, they surround themselves with a mucus layer to cover their scent while they sleep, avoiding discovery by a nighttime predator.
- When spawning, wrasses gather in loose aggregations where one dominant male oversees many females within a general territory.
- The census also revealed that four fish species - butterfly fish, damselfish, and two wrasses - may now be locally extinct.
- Most of what you see here are coral fish like various wrasses, squirrelfish, Moorish Idols, parrotfish, angelfish, surgeonfish and butterflyfish.
- Coral fish such as groupers and wrasses have all but vanished from some waters, especially off the coasts of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
- The most common day predators are wrasses (family Labridae) and other damselfishes (family Pomacentridae).
- The presence of the model predator at the mating site resulted in a strong initial reaction by both male and female bluehead wrasses.
- Most parrotfishes seek out caves and ledges in the reef for protection at night, but parrotfishes in the genus Cryptotomus bury themselves in the sand like wrasses.
- As a youngster he fished off the rocks for the usual species of cod, pollack, coley, wrasse, mackerel and dogfish with the odd plaice or eel.
- Most other closely related wrasses utilize a combination of suction and biting to take less elusive invertebrate prey items.
- The marine life was much the same again, but as we were about to surface we saw the bright colours of a wrasse emerge from under the bonnet.
- A social system exists among the three different kinds of bluehead wrasses.
- Many male damselfish, wrasses, and angelfish, among others, maintain harems.
- Below them goatfish, wrasses and scorpionfish frolicked amongst the kelp holdfasts.
- Closer to the reef, divers will be attracted by the hive of activity - wrasses, damselfish, butterflyfish and cleaner fish dart about foraging for food among the hard corals.
- A well-studied species exhibiting early sex change is the bluehead wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum.
- Rockmover wrasses, also called dragon wrasses, have an oblong compressed body and a wedge-shaped head.
- A fantastically coloured male cuckoo wrasse, all neon blues and gold, darted out in front of me.
- We have had plaice from here but there are also large eels and loads of wrasse if you fish close to the rocks.
- In marine areas, species concentrations are highest around coral reefs, where butterflyfishes and angelfishes, wrasses, parrotfishes and triggerfishes are common.
OriginLate 17th century: from Cornish wrah; related to Welsh gwrach, literally ‘old woman’. |