rascasse
[ ra-skas ]
noun
any of several scorpionfishes, as Scorpaena scrofa or S. porcus, of the Mediterranean Sea, used in making bouillabaisse.
Origin of rascasse
11920–25; <French <Provençal rascasso, derivative of rasca to scrape <Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre;see raze
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