puddingwife

[ pood-ing-wahyf ]

noun,plural pud·ding·wives [pood-ing-wahyvz]. /ˈpʊd ɪŋˌwaɪvz/.
  1. a bluish and bronze wrasse, Halichoeres radiatus, of the Atlantic coast from the Florida Keys to Brazil.

Origin of puddingwife

1
First recorded in 1725–35; compare late Middle English podyngwyf “a woman who sells sausages”; see pudding, wife

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