goggle-eye

noun

The warmouth, Lepomis gulosus, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters.

Similar
Chaenobryttus antistiusChaenobryttus gulosusbigeye scadbig-eyed scadSelar crumenophthalmus
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Meanings

noungoggle-eye (plural goggle-eyes)

plural goggle-eyes

  1. One of two or more species of American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae.
    1. The warmouth, Lepomis gulosus, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters.
    2. Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley.
  2. A fish, the goggler, Selar crumenophthalmus.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
Chaenobryttus antistiusChaenobryttus gulosus

nounof Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait

Similar
bigeye scadbig-eyed scadSelar crumenophthalmus
Broader
scad
Also see
goggler

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Named for its prominent eyes. From adj. google ('bulging').

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APA

goggle-eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goggle-eye

MLA

“goggle-eye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goggle-eye. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goggle-eye,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goggle-eye.

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