sea adder
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sea + adder. Compare Old English mere-næddra (“sea-adder, lamprey”).
Noun[edit]
sea 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.