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Definitions for Weever

[1] either of two small, European, marine fishes of the genus Trachinus, T. draco (greater weever) or T. vipera (lesser weever) , having highly poisonous dorsal spines.
[2] any fish of the same family, Trachinidae.
[3] any small marine percoid fish of the family Trachinidae, such as Trachinus vipera of European waters, having venomous spines around the gills and the dorsal fin

Words nearby Weever

weeping ivy, weeping lovegrass, weeping myall, weeping willow, weepy, weever, weevil, weevily, weewee, weft, weft ikat

Origin of Weever

1615–25; perhaps continuing Middle English *wever, Old English wifer arrow (cognate with Old Norse vifr sword); modern meaning by association with obsolete wiver viper; see wyvern

Word origin for Weever

C17: from Old Northern French wivre viper, ultimately from Latin vīpera viper