walleye

Plural: walleye, walleyes

Noun

• An eye with a white cornea, or an eye that turns outward.
• strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward
• pike-like freshwater perches
• One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
• An unusually pale eye.
• A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Examples

• He hoped his opponent wouldn’t get walleye trying to find a seven-letter word on his rack.

Synonyms

divergent strabismus, dory, exotropia, jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum, walleyed pike, colored pike, pickerel, yellow pike

Related Words

WALLEYED