English Explanatory Dictionary

sea adder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A European fifteen-spined stickleback, a fish of species Spinachia spinachia (syn. Gasterosteus spinachia).
  2. A tanglefish, or greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus).

Word forms

sea adder sea adders sea-adder

Etymology

From sea + adder. Compare Old English mere-næddra (“sea-adder, lamprey”).

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