† seven-eyesn.

Forms:

α. Middle English .vij. eyes, 1500s seuen-eyes, 1600s seaven-eyes, 1700s–1800s seven-eyes.

β. 1600s seuen-eye.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., eye n.¹

Etymology: < seven adj. + the plural of eye n.¹, so called because of its seven gill-openings. Compare Dutch zevenoog (1770), German Siebenauge (second half of the 18th cent., or earlier; now rare or obsolete). Compare also nine-eyes n. The β. forms show an analogical singular.

Obsolete.

A lamprey, esp. a (young) river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis (so called because of its seven gill-openings). Cf. nine-eyes n. 2.Cf. seven-holes n. at seven adj. and n. Compounds 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon > member of (lamprey)

lamprey1297

seven-eyes1496

lamprel1526

weasel1601

stone-grig1666

lamper-eel1709

lamprey-eel1726

stone-sucker1753

nine-eyed eel1811

nine-eyes1818

nine holesa1825

spanker-eel1846

seven-holes1853

petromyzontoid1861

1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. hvi^v In Aprill take the same baytes: & also Inneba [1566 Iuneba] other wyse namyd .vij. eyes.

1631 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 13) at Lampetra A lamprey, a suckestone, a seuen-eye.

1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler ix. 93 He will take a small Lamprey or Seaven-eyes, an Eele-brood, either of them about a straws bigness.

1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xxxviii. 81 The Lamprey..is called by Dr. Plot, the Pride of the Isis, and by others, Seven-Eyes.

1863 H. Cholmondeley-Pennell Angler-naturalist xiii. 407 ‘Seven eyes’ and ‘Nine eyes’, in reference to the apertures about the head, are still common names for the Lamprey in this country and elsewhere.

1890 G. C. Bateman Fresh-water Aquaria viii. 159 I have found that ‘Seven Eyes’, as he is sometimes called, is very peaceful, spending most of his time under the sand and gravel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021).

单词	seven-eyes
释义	† seven-eyesn. Forms: α. Middle English .vij. eyes, 1500s seuen-eyes, 1600s seaven-eyes, 1700s–1800s seven-eyes. β. 1600s seuen-eye. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., eye n.¹ Etymology: < seven adj. + the plural of eye n.¹, so called because of its seven gill-openings. Compare Dutch zevenoog (1770), German Siebenauge (second half of the 18th cent., or earlier; now rare or obsolete). Compare also nine-eyes n. The β. forms show an analogical singular. Obsolete. A lamprey, esp. a (young) river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis (so called because of its seven gill-openings). Cf. nine-eyes n. 2.Cf. seven-holes n. at seven adj. and n. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon > member of (lamprey) lamprey1297 seven-eyes1496 lamprel1526 weasel1601 stone-grig1666 lamper-eel1709 lamprey-eel1726 stone-sucker1753 nine-eyed eel1811 nine-eyes1818 nine holesa1825 spanker-eel1846 seven-holes1853 petromyzontoid1861 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. hvi^v In Aprill take the same baytes: & also Inneba [1566 Iuneba] other wyse namyd .vij. eyes. 1631 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 13) at Lampetra A lamprey, a suckestone, a seuen-eye. 1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler ix. 93 He will take a small Lamprey or Seaven-eyes, an Eele-brood, either of them about a straws bigness. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xxxviii. 81 The Lamprey..is called by Dr. Plot, the Pride of the Isis, and by others, Seven-Eyes. 1863 H. Cholmondeley-Pennell Angler-naturalist xiii. 407 ‘Seven eyes’ and ‘Nine eyes’, in reference to the apertures about the head, are still common names for the Lamprey in this country and elsewhere. 1890 G. C. Bateman Fresh-water Aquaria viii. 159 I have found that ‘Seven Eyes’, as he is sometimes called, is very peaceful, spending most of his time under the sand and gravel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021). < n.1496
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