sea adder

Meaning

Noun

  • The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Spinachia spinachia (species), syn. Gasterosteus spinachia (species)).
  • The tanglefish, or greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus (species)).

Origin

  • From sea + adder. Compare Old English merenæddra.

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