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English

Etymology

Alteration of weeverfish

Noun

weaverfish (plural weaverfishes or weaverfish)

1. A fish in family Trachinidae, with venomous dorsal spines, the weever.

Synonyms

• (fish in Trachnidae): weeverfish, weever

References

• weaverfish at OneLook Dictionary Search
• weaverfish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Weever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trachinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Trachinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Middle English *wever, from Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin v?pera. Doublet of wyvern and viper.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?wi?.v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?wi.v?/
• Homophone: weaver
• Rhymes: -i?v?(?)

Noun

weever (plural weevers)

1. Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.

Synonyms

• weeverfish, weaverfish

Derived terms

Translations

References

• weever at OneLook Dictionary Search
• weever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• weever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trachinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Trachinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons