sea adder
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom sea + adder. Compare Old English mere-næddra (“sea-adder, lamprey”).
Noun
editsea adder (plural sea adders)
- A European fifteen-spined stickleback, a fish of species Spinachia spinachia (syn. Gasterosteus spinachia).
- A tanglefish, or greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus).
References
edit- “sea adder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.