walleye

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noun

One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.

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walleyed pikecolored pikeyellow pikepickerelStizostedion vitreumdivergent strabismusexotropiajack salmon
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Meanings

nounwalleye (plural walleyes or walleye)

plural walleyes

  1. plural "walleyes"One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
  2. plural "walleyes"An unusually pale eye.
  3. A gamefish of species Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

    Synonyms: walleyed pike, colored pike, yellow pike, pickerel, Stizostedion vitreum

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA gamefish of species Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Similar
walleyed pikecolored pikeyellow pikepickerelStizostedion vitreum

More synonyms by meaning

nounstrabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward

Similar
divergent strabismusexotropia
Broader
strabismussquint

nounpike-like freshwater perches

Similar
walleyed pikejack salmondoryStizostedion vitreum
Broader
pike-perchpike perch
Also see
doryexotropiajack salmonwalleyed pike

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Back-formation from walleyed.

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Translations

Afrikaans divergente strabisme
  • divergente strabismesideways-looking misaligned eye
Dutch divergent strabisme, breedbekbaars
  • divergent strabismesideways-looking misaligned eye
  • breedbekbaarsSander vitreus
  • Amerikaanse snoekbaarsSander vitreus
Finnish kiero silmä, valkosilmäkuha
  • kiero silmäsideways-looking misaligned eye
  • valkosilmäkuhaSander vitreus
  • hietakuhaSander vitreus
French doré jaune
  • doré jauneSander vitreus
German Glasaugenbarsch
  • GlasaugenbarschSander vitreus
Irish glórshúil
  • glórshúilSander vitreus
Italian strabismo divergente
  • strabismo divergentesideways-looking misaligned eye
Russian косогла́зие, бельмо́
  • косогла́зие (kosoglázije)sideways-looking misaligned eye
  • бельмо́ (belʹmó)unusually pale eye
  • глаз с бельмо́м (glaz s belʹmóm)unusually pale eye
  • светлопёрый суда́к (svetlopjóryj sudák)Sander vitreus
Swedish glasögongös, gäddabborre
  • glasögongösSander vitreus
  • gäddabborreSander vitreus

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

eyewall
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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