weever
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Etymology edit
From Middle English *wever, from Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin vīpera. Doublet of wyvern and viper.
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Noun edit
weever (plural weevers)
- 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.
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fish of Trachinidae
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References edit
- “weever”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “weever”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- weever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Trachinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Trachinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons