wall-eye
aɪ noun, plural wall·eyes, (especially collectively for 1, 2) wall·eye.
1.
Also called walleyed pike, jack salmon. a large game fish, Stizostedion vitreum, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of northeastern North America; pikeperch.
2.
any of various other fishes having large, staring eyes.
3.
an eye characteristic of a walleyed person or animal.
4.
( initial capital letter ) Military. a series of television-guided bombs with high-explosive warheads, in production since the 1960s.
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walleye (ˈwɔːlˌaɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -eyes, -eye | |
| 1. | a divergent squint |
| 2. | opacity of the cornea |
| 3. | an eye having a white or light-coloured iris |
| 4. | (in some collies) an eye that is particoloured white and blue |
| 5. | Also called: walleyed pike a North American pikeperch, Stizostedion vitreum, valued as a food and game fish |
| 6. | any of various other fishes having large staring eyes |
| [back formation from earlier walleyed, from Old Norse vagleygr, from vage, perhaps: a film over the eye (compare Swedish vagel sty in the eye) + -eygr -eyed, from auga eye; modern form influenced by | |
| 'walleyed | |
| —adj | |
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walleye wall·eye (wôl'ī')
n.
Absence of color in the iris.
The condition of having a dense white opacity of the cornea.
See exotropia.
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