weever

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/ˈwiː.və/ /ˈwi.vɚ/

weever weevers

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

weeverfish weaverfish

Cape Verde weever greater weever Guinean weever lesser weever sailfin weever spotted weever starry weever streaked weever striped weever

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