weever

 

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.və/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.vɚ/
• Homophone: weaver
• Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)

weever (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.

• weeverfish, weaverfish

• “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