walleye

English

Etymology

Back-formation from walleyed.[1]

Noun

walleye (plural walleyes or walleye)

(plural "walleyes") One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
(plural "walleyes") An unusually pale eye.
(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Synonyms

(Sander vitreus): walleyed pike colored pike, yellow pike, pickerel, Stizostedion vitreum

Derived terms

Translations

sideways-looking misaligned eye

Afrikaans: divergente strabisme
Dutch: divergent strabisme n
Finnish: kiero silmä
Italian: strabismo divergente m
Russian: косогла́зие (ru) n (kosoglázije) (strabismus)

unusually pale eye

Russian: бельмо́ (ru) n (belʹmó) (leucoma), глаз с бельмо́м m (glaz s belʹmóm)

Sander vitreus

Dutch: breedbekbaars (nl) m, Amerikaanse snoekbaars m
Finnish: valkosilmäkuha, hietakuha
French: doré jaune (fr) m
German: Glasaugenbarsch m
Irish: glórshúil
Italian: ^{(please verify)} occhiogrigio m
Russian: светлопёрый суда́к m (svetlopjóryj sudák)
Swedish: glasögongös, gäddabborre

References

“walleye, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.

Anagrams

eyewall, well aye

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