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weever

/ˈwi.vɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
wee-v-er
IPA
/ˈwi.vɚ/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈwi.vɚ/
  • British English: /ˈwiː.və/

Inflected Forms

weevers (plural)

Phrases

bar-faced weever barred weever black-barred weever Cape Verde weever greater weever Guinean weever lesser weever red-faced weever

Synonyms

weeverfish weaverfish

Homonyms

weaver

Rhymes With

fever receiver believer lever beaver weaver snail fever reliever cleaver retriever transceiver deceiver

Questions

How do you pronounce weever?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwi.vɚ/.
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.
Where does weever come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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