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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wall•eye /ˈwɔlˌaɪ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -eyes, for 1. also -eye. - Fish[countable] Also called ˈwall•eyed ˈpike. a North American game fish with large eyes.
- Ophthalmology[uncountable] a condition in which the eye or eyes are turned outward.
wall•eyed, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wall•eye (wôl′ī),USA pronunciation n., pl. -eyes, (esp. collectively for 1, 2) -eye. - FishAlso called walleyed pike, jack salmon. a large game fish, Stizostedion vitreum, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of northeastern North America;
pikeperch. - Fishany of various other fishes having large, staring eyes.
- Ophthalmologyan eye characteristic of a walleyed person or animal.
- Military(cap.) a series of television-guided bombs with high-explosive warheads, in production since the 1960s.
- back formation from walleyed 1515–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: walleye /ˈwɔːlˌaɪ/ n ( pl -eyes, -eye)- a divergent squint
- opacity of the cornea
- an eye having a white or light-coloured iris
- (in some collies) an eye that is particoloured white and blue
Also called: walleyed pike a North American pikeperch, Stizostedion vitreum, valued as a food and game fish- any of various other fishes having large staring eyes
Etymology: 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 wallˈwallˌeyed adj |