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Found 1 hit - Term: wall-eyed herring, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wall-eye \wall"-eye`\, n. see wall-eyed.
   1913 webster
   1. an eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or
      whitish color; -- said usually of horses. --booth.
      1913 webster

   note: jonson has defined wall-eye to be "a disease in the
         crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma." but glaucoma
         is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is
         wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural
         blemish. --tully. in the north of england, as brockett
         states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white
         of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side.
         1913 webster

   2. zool.
      a an american fresh-water food fish stizostedion
          vitreum having large and prominent eyes; -- called
          also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and
          wall-eyed perch.
      b a california surf fish holconotus argenteus.
      c the alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.
          1913 webster
see also:
wall-eyed stizostedion vitreum glasseye pike perch yellow pike wall-eyed perch 
holconotus argenteus wall-eyed herring 

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Herring >> H Words
Herring, definition of term: Herring
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Wall-Eyed >> W Words
Wall-Eyed, definition of term: Wall-Eyed
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Red Herring >> R Words
Red Herring, definition of term: Red Herring
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