puddingwife

[pood-ing-wahyf]

noun

plural

puddingwives 

1. a bluish and bronze wrasse, Halichoeres radiatus, of the Atlantic coast from the Florida Keys to Brazil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of puddingwife¹

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