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Definition of weever in English: weever(also weever fish) noun ˈwiːvəˈwivər A small, long-bodied fish with eyes at the top of the head and venomous dorsal spines. It occurs along eastern Atlantic coasts, typically buried in the sand with just the eyes and spines protruding. Family Trachinidae: several genera and species Example sentencesExamples - Pectoral fin on upper side has black tip thought to mimic dorsal fin of venomous weever fish to deter predators.
- If a weever fish or stingray stings you, you will experience intense pain lasting for about two hours.
- When disturbed, weevers erect a dark-colored and highly venomous dorsal spine.
- Until I dived off the beach at Criccieth in north Wales, I had never seen more than a fleeting glimpse of a lesser weever, the most common venomous fish around Britain.
- All weevers have venomous spines on their back and on the gill-covers.
- The only poisonous fish regularly found around UK shores is the weever fish.
Origin Early 17th century: perhaps a transferred use of Old French wivre 'serpent, dragon', from Latin vipera 'viper'. Rhymes achiever, believer, cleaver, deceiver, diva, Eva, fever, Geneva, griever, heaver, leaver, lever, Neva, perceiver, receiver, reiver, reliever, retriever, Shiva, underachiever, viva, weaver Definition of weever in US English: weever(also weever fish) nounˈwēvərˈwivər A small, long-bodied fish with eyes at the top of the head and venomous dorsal spines. It occurs along European Atlantic coasts, typically buried in the sand with just the eyes and spines protruding. Family Trachinidae: several genera and species Example sentencesExamples - All weevers have venomous spines on their back and on the gill-covers.
- Pectoral fin on upper side has black tip thought to mimic dorsal fin of venomous weever fish to deter predators.
- Until I dived off the beach at Criccieth in north Wales, I had never seen more than a fleeting glimpse of a lesser weever, the most common venomous fish around Britain.
- When disturbed, weevers erect a dark-colored and highly venomous dorsal spine.
- The only poisonous fish regularly found around UK shores is the weever fish.
- If a weever fish or stingray stings you, you will experience intense pain lasting for about two hours.
Origin Early 17th century: perhaps a transferred use of Old French wivre ‘serpent, dragon’, from Latin vipera ‘viper’. |