Phrase guide
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noun
A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, countable, especially, plural-normally
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noun
A glass marble with elongated colourful inclusions running through its axis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: cat-eye
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noun
A gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A sea snail, Lunella smaragda
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, countable
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, eye.; the eye of a cat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: opaque gem
History
An allusion to the way a cat's eyes will appear to glow when illuminated in the dark. In mineralogy, a calque of French œil de chat.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
