weired

adj

weired

adj

Etymology From weir + -ed.

1

Having a weir.

  • White shrimp emigrated significantly sooner from the unweired pond than from the weired pond in most experiments, but whether the weir actually delayed emigration was unclear.1996, E. Eric Knudsen et al., “Juvenile White Shrimp Growth, Mortality, and Emigration in Weired and Unweired Louisiana Marsh Ponds”, in North American Journal of Fisheries Management, volume 16, number 3, →DOI, pages 640–652:

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