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weaverfish

weaverfish noun: a fish in family Trachinidae, with venomous dorsal spines, the weever.

Noun

weaverfish (plural weaverfishes or weaverfish)

  1. A fish in family Trachinidae, with venomous dorsal spines, the weever.
    Synonyms:
    weeverfish, weever

Synonyms of weaverfish

Forms of weaverfish

pluralweaverfishes
pluralweaverfish

Origin of weaverfish

Alteration of weeverfish

Questions about weaverfish

What does weaverfish mean?
Weaverfish means a fish in family Trachinidae, with venomous dorsal spines, the weever.
What part of speech is weaverfish?
Weaverfish is a noun.
What is the plural of weaverfish?
The plural of weaverfish is weaverfishes.

Words near weaverfish in the dictionary

  1. weaver's knots
  2. weaverbird
  3. weaverbirds
  4. weaveress
  5. weaveresses
  6. weaverfish
  7. weaverfishes
  8. Weaverham
  9. Weaverian
  10. Weavering
  11. Weavering Street

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