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sea adder

noun

Etymology

From sea + adder. Compare Old English mere-næddra (“sea-adder, lamprey”).

  1. inherited from *n̥h₁trih₂✻
  2. inherited from *nadrǭ✻
  3. inherited from *nadrā✻
  4. inherited from nǣdre
  5. inherited from nadder
  6. formed as sea adder — “sea + adder”

Definitions

  1. A European fifteen-spined stickleback, a fish of species Spinachia spinachia (syn.…

    A European fifteen-spined stickleback, a fish of species Spinachia spinachia (syn. Gasterosteus spinachia).

  2. A tanglefish, or greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sea adder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA