GOLDENEYE

goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula

(noun) large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions

goldeneye, golden-eyed fly

(noun) a variety of green lacewing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

goldeneye (plural goldeneyes)

Any of several seaducks, of the genus Bucephala, having black and white plumage.

Any of several lacewings of the family Chrysopidae.

Any of several flowering plants of the subtribe Helianthinae.

Synonyms

• (seaduck): whistler

• (fly): green lacewing

Source: Wiktionary


Gold"en-eye`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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