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bigeye

noun

Etymology

From big + 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 bigeye — “big + eye”

Definitions

  1. Any fish in the taxonomic family Priacanthidae, which have large eyes.

  2. Any of certain fish or shark species identified by their large eyes, in particular bigeye…

    Any of certain fish or shark species identified by their large eyes, in particular bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus.

    • The relatively large eyes may enable the bigeye to feed at lower light intensity than other tunas.
    • The percentages of bigeye in the catches were relatively high during the early to mid 1950s, but then levelled off at less than 5 percent of the total catches.

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