(in some collies) an eye that is particoloured white and blue
5. Also called: walleyed pike
a North American pikeperch, Stizostedion vitreum, valued as a food and game fish
6.
any of various other fishes having large staring eyes
Derived forms
walleyed (ˈwallˌeyed)
adjective
Word origin
back formation from earlier walleyed, from Old Norse vagleygr, from vage, perhaps: a film over the eye (compare Swedish vagel sty in the eye) + -eygr -eyed, from auga eye; modern form influenced by wall
walleye in American English
(ˈwɔlˌaɪ)
noun
1.
an eye, as of a horse, with a whitish iris or white, opaque cornea
2.
a.
an eye that turns outward, showing more white than is normal
b.
divergent strabismus
3.
leukoma of the cornea
4.
a large, glossy eye
5.
a.
any of several fishes with large, glossy eyes
b. US
a North American, freshwater food and game perch (Stizostedion vitreum)
Word origin
back-form. < walleyed
Examples of 'walleye' in a sentence
walleye
He had an uncorrected walleye, so that you never could be sure whether he was looking at you and/ or you were looking at him.