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
Word origin
C17: from Old Northern French wivre viper, ultimately from Latin vīperaviper
weever in American English
(ˈwivər)
noun
any of a family (Trachinidae) of edible, marine percoid fishes with sharp, very poisonous spines on the gill cover and the first dorsal fin