Walleye

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
  2. 2
    pike-like freshwater perches wordnet
  3. 3
    An unusually pale eye.
  4. 4
    strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward wordnet
  5. 5
    A gamefish of species Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Etymology

Back-formation from walleyed.

Related phrases

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