What does "weever" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "weever"?

Common synonyms include: weaverfish, weeverfish, weeverfish.

//ˈwi.vɚ// noun

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Noun

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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.

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

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