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walleye definition

wall·eye (wôl′ī′)

noun

  1. an eye, as of a horse, with a whitish iris or white, opaque cornea
    1. an eye that turns outward, showing more white than is normal
    2. divergent strabismus
  3. leukoma of the cornea
  4. a large, glossy eye
    1. any of several fishes with large, glossy eyes
    2. ☆ a North American, freshwater food and game perch (Stizostedion vitreum)

Etymology: back-form. < walleyed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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