WEEVER

Definition: WEEVER

WEEVER

Noun

1. Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Weever \Wee"ver\, noun. [Probably from French vive, Old French vivre, kind of fish, from Latin expression vipera viper. Compare to Viper.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: WEEVER

English words defined with "WEEVER": Etter pike ♦ Stingbull, Stingfish ♦ Trachinoid ♦ Weaverfish. (references)

Etymologies containing "WEEVER": viper. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	John Weever (The Revels Plays Companion Library) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"WEEVER" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "WEEVER" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	85.71%	6	143,867
Lexical Verb (base form)	14.29%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	7	N/A

Language		Translations for "WEEVER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		Морски Дракон. (various references)

Danish		stor fjæsing (greater weever), ru fjæsing (streaked weever), plettet fjæsing (spotted weever), lille fjæsing (lesser weever), fjæsing-slægten (weever fishes, weevers), fjæsing-familien (weever fishes, weevers), fjæsinger (weever fishes, weevers). (various references)

Dutch		pieterman. (various references)

Esperanto		trakino. (various references)

Finnish		täplälouhikala (spotted weever), sädelouhikala (streaked weever), pikkulouhikala (lesser weever), louhikalat-heimo (weever fishes, weevers), louhikalat (trachinidae, weever fishes, weevers), louhikala (greater weever). (various references)

French		vives (weever fishes, weevers), vive commune (greater weever), vive araignée (spotted weever), vive à tête rayonnée (streaked weever), petite vive (lesser weever), grande vive (greater weever), \WEX (weever fishes, weevers), \WEG (greater weever), \TRA (weever fishes, weevers). (various references)

German		Zwergpetermännchen (lesser weever), Viperqueisen (weever fishes, weevers), Viperqueise (lesser weever), Strahlenpetermännchen (streaked weever), Spinnenqueise (spotted weever), Queise (greater weever), Petersmann (greater weever), Petermännchen (greater weever, spotted weever, weever fishes, weevers), Kleines Petermännchen (lesser weever), Großes Petermännchen (greater weever), Eigentliche Drachenfische (weever fishes, weevers), Drachenfische (weever fishes, weevers). (various references)

Greek		δράκαινες (weever fishes, weevers), δράκαινα (ogress). (various references)

Italian		tracine (weever fishes, weevers), tracina vipera (lesser weever), tracina ragno (lesser weever, spotted weever), tracina raggiata (streaked weever), tracina drago (greater weever), tracina (greater weever, streaked weever), trachinidi (weever fishes, weevers), ragno (spider), pesci ragno (weever fishes, weevers). (various references)

Manx		gibbin kialgerey (lesser weever). (various references)

Pig Latin		eeverway

Portuguese		peixes-aranha (weever fishes, weevers), peixe-aranha raiado (streaked weever), peixe-aranha pontuado (spotted weever), peixe-aranha menor (lesser weever), peixe-aranha maior (greater weever), aranha grande (greater weever). (various references)

Spanish		víbora (adder, serpent, viper), traquínidos (weever fishes, weevers), peje araña (greater weever), escorpiones (sculpins, weever fishes, weevers), escorpión (Scorpio, scorpion), arañas (weever fishes, weevers), araña blanca (greater weever), araña (chandelier, electrolier, prostitute, resourceful person, spider). (various references)

Swedish		Fjärsing (greater weever). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cantharus, Echiichthys vipera, Trachinidae, Trachinus, Trachinus araneus, Trachinus draco, Trachinus radiatus, Trachinus spp., Trachinus vipera, Trachinus vipera cuvier, Trachinus vipera valencienne. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "WEEVER": weevers. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "WEEVER" (pronounced 'Wee"ver'): Cadaver, Clover, Marver, moreover, Papaver, solver, Stiver, stover. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-r-v-w"
	-1 letter: reeve.
	-2 letters: ever, ewer, veer, weer, were.
	-3 letters: ere, eve, ewe, ree, rev, vee, wee.
	-4 letters: er, re, we.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-r-v-w"
	+1 letter: reweave, weevers.
	+2 letters: feverfew, overween, rereview, reviewed, reviewer, reweaved, reweaves, whenever, wherever.
	+3 letters: feverfews, oversewed, oversweet, overweens, prereview, previewed, previewer, rereviews, reviewers.
	+4 letters: everywhere, everywomen, interweave, overweened, overwetted, previewers, rereviewed, reviewable, silverweed, televiewer, unreviewed, werewolves, whensoever.
	+5 letters: interviewed, interviewee, interviewer, interweaved, interweaves, overpowered, overstrewed, oversweeten, overwatered, overweening, overweighed, overwhelmed, reinterview, rereviewing, silverweeds, televiewers, wheresoever, whosesoever.
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