weever
English
Etymology
From Old French/Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Latin vīpera. See also wyvern.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwiː.və/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwi.vɚ/
- Homophone: weaver
- Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)
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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Cape Verde weever
- greater weever
- Guinean weever
- lesser weever
- sailfin weever
- spotted weever (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- starry weever
- striped weever
Translations
fish of Trachinidae
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References
- “weever”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “weever”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
weever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Trachinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Trachinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
