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Word: Weever
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: perhaps a transferred use of Old French wivre ‘serpent, dragon’, from Latin vipera ‘viper’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈwiːvə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small, long-bodied fish with eyes at the top of the head and venomous dorsal spines. It occurs along eastern Atlantic coasts, typically buried in the sand with just the eyes and spines protruding.
Short Definition:fish with eyes at top of head and venomous dorsal spines
Variant Forms:
- weever fish
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