Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glasseye

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glass-eye
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish, the walleyed pike.

noun

A form of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.

Example Sentences

"1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse Another species of blindness , and of which mention was made when describing the retina , is Gutta Serena , commonly called glass eye. The pupil is more than usually dilated : it is immovable , and bright , and glassy ."

Etymology

From glass + eye.

Inflected Forms

glasseyes (plural)

Questions

What does glasseye mean?: A fish, the walleyed pike.
Where does glasseye come from?: From glass + eye.

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