weever
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French/Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin vīpera. See also wyvern.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
weever (plural weevers)
- Any of the usually brown fish in Trachinidae, who catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
- Cape Verde weever
- greater weever
- Guinean weever
- lesser weever
- sailfin weever
- spotted weever
- starry weever
- striped weever
Translations [edit]
fish of ``Trachinidae
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