Definitions
little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
Word origin
From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”).
Used in a sentence
“..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper)..”
“So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper..”
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01“Cleaning worker”7 letters
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