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weever

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈwiː.və/
  • US: /ˈwi.vɚ/
  • homophone: weaver
  • rhymes with -iːvə(ɹ)

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَلَامَة (balāma) — fish of Trachinidae
  • Asturian: escorpión — fish of Trachinidae
  • Asturian: pexegafu — fish of Trachinidae
  • Bulgarian: морски дракон (morski drakon) — fish of Trachinidae
  • Catalan: aranya — fish of Trachinidae
  • Finnish: louhikala — fish of Trachinidae
  • French: vive — fish of Trachinidae
  • Galician: faneca brava — fish of Trachinidae
  • German: Petermännchen — fish of Trachinidae
  • Greek: δράκαινα (drákaina) — fish of Trachinidae
  • Irish: goineadóir — fish of Trachinidae
  • Italian: tracina — fish of Trachinidae
  • Italian: trachino — fish of Trachinidae
  • Polish: ostrosz — fish of Trachinidae
  • Portuguese: peixe-aranha — fish of Trachinidae
  • Russian: морско́й драко́н (morskój drakón) — fish of Trachinidae
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏ӯк — fish of Trachinidae
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏уко̄вка — fish of Trachinidae
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁūk — fish of Trachinidae
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁukōvka — fish of Trachinidae
  • Swedish: fjärsingfisk — fish of Trachinidae