goggle-eye
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named for its prominent eyes.
Noun[edit]
goggle-eye (plural goggle-eyes)
- One of two or more species of American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae.
- The warmouth, Lepomis gulosus, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters.
- Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley.
- A fish, the goggler, Selar crumenophthalmus.
Synonyms[edit]
- (warmouth): Chaenobryttus antistius, Chaenobryttus gulosus
References[edit]
- “goggle-eye”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.