"weever" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwiː.və/ [UK], /ˈwi.vɚ/ [US] Forms: weevers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English *wever, from Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin vīpera. Doublet of wyvern and viper. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*wever}} Middle English *wever, {{der|en|fro-nor|wivre||serpent}} Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), {{der|en|la|vīpera}} Latin vīpera, {{doublet|en|wyvern}} Doublet of wyvern Head templates: {{en-noun}} weever (plural weevers)
  1. 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. Synonyms: weeverfish, weaverfish Translations (fish of Trachinidae): بَلَامَة (balāma) [Egypt, feminine] (Arabic), escorpión (Asturian), pexegafu (Asturian), морски дракон (morski drakon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), aranya [feminine] (Catalan), louhikala (Finnish), vive [feminine] (French), faneca brava [feminine] (Galician), Petermännchen [neuter] (German), δράκαινα (drákaina) [feminine] (Greek), goineadóir [masculine] (Irish), tracina [feminine] (Italian), trachino [masculine] (Italian), ostrosz [animate, masculine] (Polish), peixe-aranha (Portuguese), морско́й драко́н (morskój drakón) [masculine] (Russian), па̏ӯк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), па̏уко̄вка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȁūk [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȁukōvka [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fjärsingfisk [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-weever-en-noun-nOWy7UXE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Trachinoid fish Derived forms: bar-faced weever (taxonomic: Parapercis nebulosa), barred weever (taxonomic: Parapercis allporti), black-barred weever (taxonomic: Parapercis stricticeps), Cape Verde weever (taxonomic: Trachinus pellegrini), greater weever (taxonomic: Trachinus draco), Guinean weever (taxonomic: Trachinus armatus), lesser weever (alt: Echiichthys vipera), red-faced weever (taxonomic: Parapercis nebulosa), sailfin weever (taxonomic: Trachinus collignoni), spotted weever (alt: Trachinus araneus; Parapercis queenslandica, Parapercis ramsayi), starry weever (taxonomic: Trachinus radiatus), streaked weever (taxonomic: Trachinus radiatus), striped weever (taxonomic: Trachinus lineolatus), wavy weever (taxonomic: Parapercis haackei)

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      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "morskój drakón",
      "sense": "fish of Trachinidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "морско́й драко́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "fish of Trachinidae",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па̏ӯк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "fish of Trachinidae",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па̏уко̄вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "fish of Trachinidae",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pȁūk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "fish of Trachinidae",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pȁukōvka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "fish of Trachinidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fjärsingfisk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weever"
}

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