[mod.L., a. Gr. λάβραξ.] ‘A ravenous sea-fish, perh. the loup de mer, bass’ (Liddell and Scott); Ichthyol., a genus of fishes of the perch family, including the sea-bass.
1854. Badham, Halieut., ii. 19. Oppian … strongly recommends as bait a living labrax, if you can get one.
