walleye
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Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from walleyed.[1]
Noun
[edit]walleye (plural walleyes or walleye)
- (plural "walleyes") One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
- (plural "walleyes") An unusually pale eye.
- (plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Sander vitreus): walleyed pike colored pike, yellow pike, pickerel, Stizostedion vitreum
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]sideways-looking misaligned eye
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unusually pale eye
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Sander vitreus
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References
[edit]- ^ “walleye, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.