white-eye

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English

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Etymology

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From white +‎ eye.

Noun

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white-eye (countable and uncountable, plural white-eyes)

  1. (countable) Any of the passerine birds of the family Zosteropidae, native to Africa, Asia, and Australasia, typically having a ring of tiny white feathers around their eyes.
    Synonyms: zosteropid, silvereye
  2. (countable) A species of killifish (Oxyzygonectes dovii) of the family Anablepidae, native to Central America.
  3. (uncountable) A kind of very strong whiskey.

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References

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  • white-eye”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary