English Explanatory Dictionary

white-eye

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A species of killifish (Oxyzygonectes dovii) of the family Anablepidae, native to Central America.
  3. A kind of very strong whiskey.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

white-eye white-eyes

Etymology

From white + eye.

Synonyms

zosteropid silvereye

Derived words

Abyssinian white-eye African yellow white-eye Aldabra white-eye Ambon white-eye Anjouan white-eye Annobón white-eye ashy-bellied white-eye banded white-eye bare-eyed white-eye bare-ringed white-eye belted white-eye Biak white-eye bicoloured white-eye Bismarck white-eye black-capped white-eye black-crowned white-eye black-fronted white-eye black-headed white-eye black-masked white-eye black-ringed white-eye Bonin white-eye Bougainville white-eye bridled white-eye broad-ringed white-eye Buru white-eye canary white-eye Cape white-eye capped white-eye Caroline Islands white-eye chestnut-flanked white-eye chestnut-sided white-eye Christmas white-eye citrine white-eye Comoro white-eye cream-browed white-eye cream-throated white-eye crested white-eye dark-eyed white-eye dusky white-eye Ethiopian white-eye Everett's white-eye Faichuk white-eye Fiji white-eye Flores white-eye forest white-eye giant white-eye Gizo white-eye golden-bellied white-eye golden white-eye Grand Comore white-eye great Truk white-eye great Yap white-eye green-backed white-eye green-fronted white-eye green white-eye grey-brown white-eye grey-hooded white-eye grey-throated white-eye Guadalcanal white-eye hermit white-eye
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