Wee'ver, n.

noun

n. [Also written weaver-fish.] [Fr. vive, vivere, vivelle, N. Lat. viverinus, viri petri piscis.] (Ichth.) A kind of fish belonging to the perch family, and of the genus Trachinus, of which about four species are well known. They inflict wounds with the spines of their first dorsal fin, which are much dreaded. Their flesh is esteemed.

An engraved illustration of a fish with a spiny dorsal fin and fan-shaped tail. — Lesser Weever, or Sting-fish.