WALLEYE


Meaning of WALLEYE in English

ˈwȯˌlī noun

Etymology: back-formation from walleyed

1.

a. : an eye (as of a horse) having a light gray or bluish white iris

b. : an eye having an opaque white cornea

c. : an eye that turns outward showing more than a normal amount of white

2.

a. : leucoma

b. : strabismus in which the eye turns outward — called also exotropia ; compare cross-eye 1

3. walleyes plural : eyes affected with divergent strabismus

4. or walleyed pike also walleye pike : a large vigorous American freshwater food and sport fish ( Stizostedion vitreum ) that has large prominent eyes and is related to the perches but more closely resembles the true pike in appearance and behavior

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