[ˈwiːvə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small, long-bodied fish with eyes at the top of the head and venomous dorsal spines. It occurs along eastern Atlantic coasts, typically buried in the sand with just the eyes and spines protruding


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Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps a transferred use of Old French wivre ‘serpent, dragon’, from Latin vipera ‘viper’