单词 | pearl eye |
释义 | > as lemmaspearl eye pearl eye n. (a) (an eye affected by) a kind of cataract (cf. sense A. 1b) (now rare); (b) an eye (of a bird or animal) that resembles a pearl in appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > eye pearl eye1844 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > cataract pearla1382 suffusion1398 cataract1547 tay1547 eye-pearl1597 eye-web1657 hypophysis1706 pearl eye1844 gutta opaca1847 nuclear cataract1876 1844 R. D. Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. (ed. 2) Pearl-eye,..old..name of cataract. 1906 J. Watson Dog Bk. (1909) vii. 113 Many [Welsh setters]..are pure white, and it is not unusual to find several whelps in every litter possessed of one or two pearl eyes. 1997 Racing Pigeon Pict. Internat. Aug. 11/1 Both 24060 and 24070 had yellow eyes whereas 24166 had a pearl eye. < as lemmas |
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