a. and sb. Ichth. [f. mod.L. Trachin-us (Linnæus, 1758), name of the typical genus + -OID; f. med.L. trachina, said in Acts of S. Francis of Panla (1416–1507) to be a local name of a fish (Du Cange)] a. adj. Resembling, allied to, or having the characters of, the Trachinidæ or weevers, a family of spiny-finned fishes. b. sb. A fish of this family.
[1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist. (1862), II. III. i. 295. The Trachinus or Weever.]
