English Explanatory Dictionary

goggle-eye

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of two or more species of American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae.
  2. The warmouth, Lepomis gulosus, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters.
  3. Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley.
  4. A fish, the goggler, Selar crumenophthalmus.

Word forms

goggle-eye goggle-eyes

Etymology

Named for its prominent eyes. From adj. google ('bulging').

Synonyms

Chaenobryttus antistius Chaenobryttus gulosus
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