puddingwife

[ pood-ing-wahyf ]

noun

, plural pud·ding·wives [pood, -ing-wahyvz].

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