单词 | ringeye |
释义 | ringeyen. 1. = walleye n. 1b. rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.a1712 |
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