white-eye
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
white-eye (countable and uncountable, plural white-eyes)
- (countable) Any of the passerine birds of the family Zosteropidae, native to Africa, Asia, and Australasia, typically having a ring of tiny white feathers around their eyes.
- Synonyms: zosteropid, silvereye
- (countable) A species of killifish (Oxyzygonectes dovii) of the family Anablepidae, native to Central America.
- (uncountable) A kind of very strong whiskey.
Derived terms[edit]
- Abyssinian white-eye
- African yellow white-eye
- Aldabra white-eye
- Ambon white-eye
- Anjouan white-eye
- Annobón white-eye
- ashy-bellied white-eye
- banded white-eye
- bare-eyed white-eye
- bare-ringed white-eye
- belted white-eye
- Biak white-eye
- bicoloured white-eye
- Bismarck white-eye
- black-capped white-eye
- black-crowned white-eye
- black-fronted white-eye
- black-headed white-eye
- black-masked white-eye
- black-ringed white-eye
- Bonin white-eye
- Bougainville white-eye
- bridled white-eye
- broad-ringed white-eye
- Buru white-eye
- canary white-eye
- Cape white-eye
- capped white-eye
- Caroline Islands white-eye
- chestnut-flanked white-eye
- chestnut-sided white-eye
- Christmas white-eye
- citrine white-eye
- Comoro white-eye
- cream-browed white-eye
- cream-throated white-eye
- crested white-eye
- dark-eyed white-eye
- dusky white-eye
- Ethiopian white-eye
- Everett's white-eye
- Faichuk white-eye
- Fiji white-eye
- Flores white-eye
- forest white-eye
- giant white-eye
- Gizo white-eye
- golden-bellied white-eye
- golden white-eye
- Grand Comore white-eye
- great Truk white-eye
- great Yap white-eye
- green-backed white-eye
- green-fronted white-eye
- green white-eye
- grey-brown white-eye
- grey-hooded white-eye
- grey-throated white-eye
- Guadalcanal white-eye
- hermit white-eye
- Heuglin's white-eye
- Hume's white-eye
- Indian white-eye
- islet white-eye
- Japanese white-eye
- Javan grey-throated white-eye
- Javan white-eye
- Karthala white-eye
- Kenya white-eye
- Kikuyu white-eye
- Kirk's white-eye
- Kolombangara white-eye
- Kosrae white-eye
- large Lifou white-eye
- Layard's white-eye
- lemon-bellied white-eye
- lemon-throated white-eye
- long-billed white-eye
- Lord Howe white-eye
- Louisiade white-eye
- lowland white-eye
- Malagasy white-eye
- Malaita white-eye
- Marianne white-eye
- Mauritius grey white-eye
- Mauritius olive white-eye
- Mayotte white-eye
- Mbulu white-eye
- Mees's white-eye
- Meratus white-eye
- Mindanao white-eye
- Moheli white-eye
- montane white-eye
- Morotai white-eye
- mountain white-eye
- Mount Karthala white-eye
- New Georgia white-eye
- New Guinea white-eye
- Norfolk white-eye
- northern yellow white-eye
- olive-colored white-eye
- olive white-eye
- Orange River white-eye
- oriental white-eye
- Oya Tabu white-eye
- Palau greater white-eye
- pale-bellied white-eye
- pale white-eye
- Papuan white-eye
- pearl-bellied white-eye
- Pemba white-eye
- plain white-eye
- Pohnpei white-eye
- Príncipe white-eye
- pygmy white-eye
- Ranongga white-eye
- Rennell white-eye
- Réunion grey white-eye
- Réunion olive white-eye
- robust white-eye
- Rota bridled white-eye
- Rota white-eye
- Samoan white-eye
- Sanford's white-eye
- Sangihe white-eye
- sangkar white-eye
- Santa Cruz white-eye
- São Tomé white-eye
- Seram white-eye
- Seychelles chestnut-sided white-eye
- Seychelles white-eye
- Seychelles yellow white-eye
- slender-billed white-eye
- small Lifou white-eye
- Socotra white-eye
- Solomons white-eye
- southern yellow white-eye
- south Pare white-eye
- splendid white-eye
- spot-breasted white-eye
- Sri Lanka white-eye
- streak-headed white-eye
- streaky-headed white-eye
- sulphur white-eye
- Sunda white-eye
- Swinhoe's white-eye
- Tagula white-eye
- Taita white-eye
- teardrop white-eye
- thick-billed white-eye
- Togian white-eye
- Truk white-eye
- typical white-eye
- Vanikoro white-eye
- Vanuatu white-eye
- Vella Lavella white-eye
- Wakatobi white-eye
- Wangi-wangi white-eye
- warbling white-eye
- white-breasted white-eye
- white-chested white-eye
- white-throated white-eye
- Yap olive white-eye
- yellow-billed white-eye
- yellow-browed white-eye
- yellow-fronted white-eye
- yellowish white-eye
- yellow-ringed white-eye
- yellow-throated white-eye
- yellow white-eye
Translations[edit]
passerine bird of the family Zosteropidae
References[edit]
- “white-eye”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary