puddingwife

[ poo d-ing-wahyf ]
/ ˈpʊd ɪŋˌwaɪf /

noun, plural pud·ding·wives [poo d-ing-wahyvz] /ˈpʊd ɪŋˌwaɪvz/.

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

Origin of puddingwife

1725–35; compare late Middle English podyngwyf a woman who sells sausages. See pudding, wife

Words nearby puddingwife

pud, pudding, pudding club, pudding stone, pudding-pipe tree, puddingwife, puddle, puddle-jumper, puddling, puddock, pudency