Labrus

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

plural, BRIDE (lab'ri-dē), a genus and family of acan- LABRIDÆ of acanthopterygious fishes, the species of which are very of whic numerous in tropical seas. eas. The The Labridæ family (wrasses, or rock fish, rock fish, as they are also called) are chiefly remarkable for their thick fleshy lips, their ck fisang lips, their large and strong conical teeth, their obal teeth, their oblong scaly body, and their brilliant colors. their brilliant col- They are further generically generically distinguished by a single dorsal fin, extenddising orsal in, extendnearly the whole length of the back, gth of the back, part of the rays spinous, and behind the and behind the point of each spinous ray a short membranous filament. ray a short mem- To this family bethis family belongs the black fish, or tautog, Labrus Americanus tautog, Labrus , 6 to 18 inches long, combest mon on the coast of New England, and England, and highly prized as food. LA BRUYÈRE LA BRUYÈRE, JEAN DE (lä brüyār'), a famous French moralist and satirist; born in Paris, August, 1645. Appointed tutor of the dauphin, he spent a large part of his life at the court of Louis XIV. His great work, on which his reputation rests, is "The Characters of Theophrastus, Translated from the Greek, with the Characters or Manners of this Century" (1688). It abounds in wit, shows him to have been an excellent judge of men, and is written in an ad being found in England, India, and Afmirable style. He died at Versailles, May 10, 1696.