weever

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UK/ˈwiː.və/US/ˈwi.vɚ/

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.

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OriginMiddle English *wever ← Old Northern French wivre ← Latin vīpera →
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Meanings

nounweever (plural weevers)

plural weevers

  1. 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: weeverfish, weaverfish

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.

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weeverfishweaverfish
Also see
weaverfish

Origin

  1. Latinvīpera
  2. Old Northern Frenchwivre“serpent”
  3. Middle English*wever
  4. Englishweever

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

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Translations

Arabic بَلَامَة
  • بَلَامَة (balāma)fish of Trachinidae
Bulgarian морски дракон
  • морски дракон (morski drakon)fish of Trachinidae
Catalan aranya
  • aranyafish of Trachinidae
Finnish louhikala
  • louhikalafish of Trachinidae
French vive
  • vivefish of Trachinidae
German Petermännchen
  • Petermännchenfish of Trachinidae
Greek δράκαινα
  • δράκαινα (drákaina)fish of Trachinidae
Irish goineadóir
  • goineadóirfish of Trachinidae
Italian tracina, trachino
  • tracinafish of Trachinidae
  • trachinofish of Trachinidae
Polish ostrosz
  • ostroszfish of Trachinidae
Portuguese peixe-aranha
  • peixe-aranhafish of Trachinidae
Russian морско́й драко́н
  • морско́й драко́н (morskój drakón)fish of Trachinidae
Swedish fjärsingfisk
  • fjärsingfiskfish of Trachinidae

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with weever

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Cite this entry
APA

weever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weever

MLA

“weever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weever. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weever,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weever.

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