moon-eyen.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmunˌaɪ/

Forms: see moon n.¹ and eye n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, eye n.¹

Etymology: < moon n.¹ + eye n.¹ In sense 1 after post-classical Latin oculus lunaticus (late 4th cent.); the name refers to the periodic return of the disease; compare Dutch maanoog.

†1. An eye (of a horse) affected with recurrent uveitis; (also, in plural) the disorder itself. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of eyes

walleye1523

lunacy1600

moon-eye1607

eyes of wall1611

dragon1639

moon blindnessc1720

moonc1721

glass eye1831

pink-eye1855

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 358 Of lunaticke or moone eies.

1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman i. ii. 6 Be you..marvellous carefull, that neither your Stallion or Mare, have..Moon-eyes, watry-eyes, or Bloud-shotten-eyes.

1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) Moon-eyes, a disease in horses bearing that name, because at certain times of the moon, they will seem very well, but at other times cover'd over with a white phlegm, which is the worst sort of blindness that is.

1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 152 There is another Distemper..the Ancients called it a Moon-eye.

2. North American. Any of several freshwater fishes of central North America; spec. (a) a fish of the family Hiodontidae, esp. Hiodon tergisus, resembling a herring; (b) a whitefish of the genus Coregonus; a cisco.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Coregonus (whitefish) > member of subgenus leucichthys (cisco)

moon-eye1842

cisco1848

1842 J. E. DeKay Zool. N.Y. IV. 267 This species [sc. Hiodon tergisus] is common in Lake Erie. At Buffalo and Barcelona it is called Moon-eye.

1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 135 This Indiana Argyrosomus appears to be quite distinct from the species found in Lake Michigan; i.e. the shallow-water ‘herring’..and the deep-water ‘moon-eye’ (A. hoyi Gill).

1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 541 The Moon-eye or ‘Cisco’ of Lake Michigan..is the smallest of our white-fish, rarely weighing over half a pound.

1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 312 Moon-eye,..a beautiful fresh-water food fish found in the Lake region and in the larger tributaries of the Mississippi.

1947 B. W. Dalrymple Panfish 325 The Mooneye is a perfect example..of a fish which, having little food value, has failed to get proper credit as a sport fish.

1993 Outdoor Canada Summer 32/1 Southwestern Manitoba, at Brandon: Channel cats, goldeye, mooneye, rock bass [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moon-eye
释义	moon-eyen. Brit. /ˈmuːnʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmunˌaɪ/ Forms: see moon n.¹ and eye n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, eye n.¹ Etymology: < moon n.¹ + eye n.¹ In sense 1 after post-classical Latin oculus lunaticus (late 4th cent.); the name refers to the periodic return of the disease; compare Dutch maanoog. †1. An eye (of a horse) affected with recurrent uveitis; (also, in plural) the disorder itself. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of eyes walleye1523 lunacy1600 moon-eye1607 eyes of wall1611 dragon1639 moon blindnessc1720 moonc1721 glass eye1831 pink-eye1855 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 358 Of lunaticke or moone eies. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman i. ii. 6 Be you..marvellous carefull, that neither your Stallion or Mare, have..Moon-eyes, watry-eyes, or Bloud-shotten-eyes. 1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) Moon-eyes, a disease in horses bearing that name, because at certain times of the moon, they will seem very well, but at other times cover'd over with a white phlegm, which is the worst sort of blindness that is. 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 152 There is another Distemper..the Ancients called it a Moon-eye. 2. North American. Any of several freshwater fishes of central North America; spec. (a) a fish of the family Hiodontidae, esp. Hiodon tergisus, resembling a herring; (b) a whitefish of the genus Coregonus; a cisco. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Coregonus (whitefish) > member of subgenus leucichthys (cisco) moon-eye1842 cisco1848 1842 J. E. DeKay Zool. N.Y. IV. 267 This species [sc. Hiodon tergisus] is common in Lake Erie. At Buffalo and Barcelona it is called Moon-eye. 1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 135 This Indiana Argyrosomus appears to be quite distinct from the species found in Lake Michigan; i.e. the shallow-water ‘herring’..and the deep-water ‘moon-eye’ (A. hoyi Gill). 1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 541 The Moon-eye or ‘Cisco’ of Lake Michigan..is the smallest of our white-fish, rarely weighing over half a pound. 1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 312 Moon-eye,..a beautiful fresh-water food fish found in the Lake region and in the larger tributaries of the Mississippi. 1947 B. W. Dalrymple Panfish 325 The Mooneye is a perfect example..of a fish which, having little food value, has failed to get proper credit as a sport fish. 1993 Outdoor Canada Summer 32/1 Southwestern Manitoba, at Brandon: Channel cats, goldeye, mooneye, rock bass [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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