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- [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
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
walleye
n 1: strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward
syn: divergent strabismus, exotropia
2: pike-like freshwater perches syn: walleyed pike, jack
salmon, stizostedion vitreum
see also:
divergent strabismus exotropia walleyed pike jack salmon stizostedion vitreum
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 moby thesaurus words for "walleye":
amaurosis, blepharitis, bug-eyes, cast, cataract, choroiditis,
cockeyes, conjunctivitis, convergent strabismus, cross-eye,
cross-eyedness, cross-eyes, defective vision, detached retina,
esotropia, exotropia, eye defect, glaucoma, goggle eyes,
gutta serena, heterotropia, iritis, keratitis, optic neuritis,
pink eye, popeyes, retinoblastoma, saucer eyes, squinch, squint,
squint eyes, strabismus, sty, swivel eyes, trachoma,
upward strabismus, uveitis, walleyes
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