weever
English
a weever (Trachinus draco)
Etymology
From Old French/Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin vīpera. See also wyvern.
Noun
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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References
- weever at OneLook Dictionary Search
- weever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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