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greater weever

Great·er wee·ver
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [grey-ter wee-ver]
    • /ˈgreɪ tər ˈwi vər/
    • /ˈɡreɪ.tər wˈiːvə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [grey-ter wee-ver]
    • /ˈgreɪ tər ˈwi vər/

Definitions of greater weever words

  • noun greater weever either of two small, European, marine fishes of the genus Trachinus, T. draco (greater weever) or T. vipera (lesser weever) having highly poisonous dorsal spines. 1
  • noun greater weever any fish of the same family, Trachinidae. 1
  • noun greater weever a fish, Trachinus draco 0
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Origin of greater weever

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; perhaps continuing Middle English *wever, Old English wifer arrow (cognate with Old Norse vifr sword); modern meaning by association with obsolete wiver viper; see wyvern

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Parts of speech for Greater weever

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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greater weever popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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