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walleye

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: plural "walleyes"

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An unusually pale eye.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: plural "walleyes"

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A gamefish of species Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

pike-like freshwater perches

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: walleyed pike, jack salmon, dory, Stizostedion vitreum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pike-perch, pike perch

Narrower terms: blue pike, blue pickerel, blue pikeperch, blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum

5

noun

Meaning 5

strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: divergent strabismus, exotropia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: strabismus, squint

History

Etymology

Back-formation from walleyed.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: divergente strabisme — sideways-looking misaligned eye
  • Dutch: divergent strabisme — sideways-looking misaligned eye
  • Finnish: kiero silmä — sideways-looking misaligned eye
  • Italian: strabismo divergente — sideways-looking misaligned eye
  • Russian: косогла́зие (kosoglázije) — sideways-looking misaligned eye
  • Russian: бельмо́ (belʹmó) — unusually pale eye
  • Russian: глаз с бельмо́м (glaz s belʹmóm) — unusually pale eye
  • Dutch: breedbekbaars — Sander vitreus
  • Dutch: Amerikaanse snoekbaars — Sander vitreus
  • Finnish: valkosilmäkuha — Sander vitreus
  • Finnish: hietakuha — Sander vitreus
  • French: doré jaune — Sander vitreus
  • German: Glasaugenbarsch — Sander vitreus
  • Irish: glórshúil — Sander vitreus
  • Russian: светлопёрый суда́к (svetlopjóryj sudák) — Sander vitreus
  • Swedish: glasögongös — Sander vitreus
  • Swedish: gäddabborre — Sander vitreus
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