| 单词 | weever |
| 释义 | weever[ wee-ver ] / ˈwi vər / nouneither of two small, European, marine fishes of the genus Trachinus, T. draco(greater weever ) or T. vipera(lesser weever ), having highly poisonous dorsal spines. any fish of the same family, Trachinidae. Origin of weever1615–25; 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 Words nearby weeverweeping fig, weeping golden bell, weeping ivy, weeping willow, weepy, weever, weevil, weevily, weewee, w.e.f., weft Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for weever
British Dictionary definitions for weeverweever / (ˈwiːvə) / nounany 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 for weeverC17: from Old Northern French wivre viper, ultimately from Latin vīpera viper Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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