weever
English
/ˈwiː.və/, /ˈwi.vɚ/
noun
Definitions
- 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
Borrowed from wivre (serpent) derived from Latin vīpera (viper, snake, serpent).
Origin
Latin
vīpera
Gloss
viper, snake, serpent
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蛇
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fish English
- weeverfish English
- vīpera Latin
- Viper German
- vipera Italian
- víbora Portuguese
- wyvere Middle English
- guivre Old French
- vipre Old French
- wivre Old French
- viperă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nvipiredz Aromanian
- vipirã Aromanian
- lipare Friulian
- biuora Old Spanish
- vìpara Venetian
- beîpara Istriot
- wivre ONF.