eyestripe

noun
/ˈaɪstɹaɪp/US

Etymology

From eye + stripe.

  1. derived from *strīpô
  2. derived from *strīpā
  3. derived from strîpe
  4. inherited from stripe
  5. compounded as eyestripe — “eye + stripe

Definitions

  1. A stripe on each side of the head of an animal that includes the eye, and is of a…

    A stripe on each side of the head of an animal that includes the eye, and is of a different colour from the rest of the head; in particular (ornithology) such a stripe on each side of the head of some birds.

    • Dama. [i.e., the dama gazelle] Horns hooked forward at the ends; body white; dorſal and eye-ſtripes tawny.
    • MALIMBA BEE-EATER. [...] Cinereo-violaceous Bee-Eater, sanguine rose-coloured beneath, with black eye-stripe, white throat, and two lengthened tail-feathers.

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