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puddingwife

American

[pood-ing-wahyf] / ˈpʊd ɪŋˌwaɪf /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

puddingwives

plural

Etymology

Origin of puddingwife

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

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