weever
/ˈwiːvə(r)/(亦作weever fish)
noun
1- a small, long-bodied fish with eyes at the top of the head and venomous dorsal spines. It occurs along East Atlantic coasts, typically buried in the sand with just the eyes and spines protruding龙。
1.1
- Family Trachinidae: several genera and species.龙科:数属, 数种。
词源
early 17th cent.: perhaps a transferred use of Old French wivre 'serpent, dragon', from Latin vipera 'viper'.