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eyeless

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From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye +‎ -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (eyeless), Dutch oogloos (eyeless), German augenlos (eyeless), Swedish ögalös (eyeless), Icelandic augnalaus (eyeless).

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eyeless (not comparable)

  1. Having no eyes (organs of sight).
    Synonym: uneyed
    Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.
    • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
      I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.
  2. Having no sight; blind.
    Synonym: sightless
  3. (uncommon, of tools or objects, especially suturing needles) Having no eye: having no hole.
    eyeless needle

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