any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
–adjective
2.
belonging or pertaining to the labrids.
Origin: < NL Labridae, equiv. to Labr(us) a genus + -idae-id2
[ley-brid, lab-rid] 
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