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name
A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A nickname for a person who has attributes of the cartoon character.
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noun
Exophthalmia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Coryphaenoides cinereus (syn. Macrurus cinereus), a deep sea fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Fictional character name coined in 1929 by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar, presumably pop + eye.
From pop + eye.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
