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单词 ringeye
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ringeyen.

Brit. /ˈrɪŋʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌaɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.1, eye n.1
Etymology: < ring n.1 + eye n.1 With sense 1 compare earlier ring-eyed adj. and also ringle eye n. and earlier ringle-eyed adj.; compare also Old Icelandic hringeygr, Danish ringøjet ring-eyed.
1. = walleye n. 1b. rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of eyes > eye
walleye1526
ringeyea1712
ringle eye1712
a1712 Maine Hist. & Gen. Recorder (1889) 6 423 One mare and colt, natural ere, one ring eye.
1720 London Gaz. No. 5825/4 Stolen.., one bright bay Nag,..a Ring Eye on the near Side.
1991 S. Brown in L. Clayton et al. Horsing Around i. 116 She was one of those kind [of cows], I know you've seen 'em, with a pair of horns that set real high, And freckles on her face.., and one ring eye.
2. Australian and New Zealand. An Australasian white-eye of the genus Zosterops (family Zosteropidae); esp. the grey-backed white-eye (or silvereye), Z. lateralis.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Zosteropidae > genus Zosterops (white-eye)
white-eye1837
zosterops1867
blight-bird1870
ringeye1871
wax-eye1874
greeny1890
1871 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1870 3 21 It has been variously designated as Ring-eye, Wax-eye, White-eye or Silver-eye, in allusion to the beautiful circlet of satiny-white feathers which surrounds the eyes.
c1920 J. H. Beattie Trad. Lifeways Southern Maori (1994) 345 The ringeye (also known as whiteeye, silvereye, [etc.]) was called (at Akaroa) pihipihi.
1951 J. Frame Lagoon 47 She was big and warm and knew about cats and little ring-eyes.
1991 G. Pizzey Field Guide Birds Austral. 363 Grey-breasted white-eye... Other names:..Western Silvereye;..Ringeye, [etc.].
3. North American. The redeye bass, Micropterus coosae. Now rare.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Micropterus (black bass)
trout1604
black perch1685
Welshman1709
Oswego bass1758
river bass1820
Oswego1857
ringeye1877
slough bass1877
small-mouthed bass1877
smallmouth1880
smallmouth bass1880
smallmouth black bass1880
small-mouthed black bass1881
trout-perch1883
bronze-backer1888
smallie1952
1877 D. S. Jordan Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 9. 47 (note) Good bait for Perch, Bass, Red-eyes or Ring-eyes, &c.
1881 Forest & Stream 21 Apr. 231/1 The first fish..fell to the Judge, a ring-eye five inches long.
1916 J. B. Foraker Notes Busy Life (ed. 2) I. i. 3 One of the..recollections I have of my early childhood is of catching a large ringeye, or rock bass, fish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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