WEEVER


Meaning of WEEVER in English

■ noun a small coastal fish with venomous dorsal spines, which typically buries itself in sand. [Family Trachinidae: several species.]

Origin

C17: perh. a transferred use of OFr. wivre 'serpent, dragon', from L. vipera 'viper'.

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