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barreleye

noun

Etymology

From barrel + eye.

  1. inherited from ēaġan
  2. inherited from eyen
  3. derived from *h₃okʷ-✻
  4. inherited from *augô✻ — “eye”
  5. inherited from *augā✻
  6. inherited from ēage — “eye”
  7. inherited from eye
  8. compounded as barreleye — “barrel + eye”

Definitions

  1. A small, deep-sea osmeriform fish of the family Opisthoproctidae, with barrel-shaped,…

    A small, deep-sea osmeriform fish of the family Opisthoproctidae, with barrel-shaped, tubular eyes which are generally directed upwards to detect the silhouettes of available prey.

The neighborhood

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