Etymology

Kaa eyes

Today it means: Hypnotic eyes or the eyes of a hypnotized individual depicted in art as being filled with brightly-colored concentric rings. Full definition →

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The story

Named for the hypnotic snake character Kaa, whose eyes are depicted in this manner in the 1967 Disney film The Jungle Book.

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