Opaleye
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A fish, Girella nigricans, a species of sea chub found in the Eastern Pacific.
"1966, D. W. Kelley (editor), Fish Bulletin 133: Ecological Studies of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Estuary, Part 1, California Department of Fish and Game, page 147, Usually, adult opaleye are abundant about inshore rocky areas (from the surf zone to depths of 80 feet) and nearly every individual examined has its digestive tract packed with algae."
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More examples"1966, D. W. Kelley (editor), Fish Bulletin 133: Ecological Studies of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Estuary, Part 1, California Department of Fish and Game, page 147, Usually, adult opaleye are abundant about inshore rocky areas (from the surf zone to depths of 80 feet) and nearly every individual examined has its digestive tract packed with algae."
Etymology
From opal + eye.
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