BIGEYE

bigeye

(noun) red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bigeye (plural bigeyes)

Any fish in the taxonomic family Priacanthidae, which have large eyes.

Any of certain fish or shark species identified by their large eyes, in particular bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus.

Hyponyms

• catalufa

Anagrams

• beigey

Source: Wiktionary


Big"eye`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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