n. [ Probably from F. vive, OF. vivre, a kind of fish, L. vipera viper. Cf. Viper. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus
[ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The two British species are the great, or greater, weever (Trachinus draco), which becomes a foot long (called also
n.
Weaver bird (Zool.),
Weavers' shuttle (Zool.),
n. [ See Weever. ] (Zool.) See Weever. [ 1913 Webster ]