weever

Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwiː.və/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *wever

In summary

From Middle English *wever, from Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin vīpera. Doublet of wyvern and viper.