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pud⋅ding⋅wife

[pood-ing-wahyf]
–noun, plural -wives [-wahyvz] .
a bluish and bronze wrasse, Halichoeres radiatus, of the Atlantic coast from the Florida Keys to Brazil.

Origin:
1725–35; cf. late ME podyngwyf a woman who sells sausages. See pudding, wife
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pudding-wife

noun
bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil [syn: puddingwife
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