walleye

wall·eye

W0019500 (wôl′ī′)n.1. pl. walleye or wall·eyes A freshwater food and game fish (Sander vitreus) of North America, having large silvery eyes and a greenish-yellow mottled body.2. a. See exotropia.b. An eye or eyes affected with exotropia.3. An eye with a light-colored iris or white or opaque cornea.

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[Back-formation from walleyed.]

walleye

(ˈwɔːlˌaɪ) n, pl -eyes or -eye1. (Pathology) a divergent squint2. (Pathology) opacity of the cornea3. (Physiology) an eye having a white or light-coloured iris4. (Zoology) (in some collies) an eye that is particoloured white and blue5. (Animals) Also called: walleyed pike a North American pikeperch, Stizostedion vitreum, valued as a food and game fish6. (Animals) any of various other fishes having large staring eyes[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] ˈwallˌeyed adj

wall•eye

(ˈwɔl aɪ)

n., pl. -eyes, (esp. collectively for 1,2 ) -eye. 1. Also called walleyed pike. a large game fish, Stizostedion vitreum, of lakes and rivers in NE North America, having large eyes. 2. exotropia. [1515–25; back formation from walleyed]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	walleye - strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outwarddivergent strabismus, exotropiasquint, strabismus - abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
	2.	walleye - pike-like freshwater perches jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum, walleyed pike, dorypike perch, pike-perch - any of several pike-like fishes of the perch familyblue pickerel, blue pike, blue pikeperch, blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum - variety inhabiting the Great Lakes

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