Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Either of two diving ducks (Bucephala clangula or B. islandica) of northern regions, having a short black bill, a rounded head, and yellow eyes.
- n. Any of various lacewings of the family Chrysopidae having yellow or copper-colored eyes.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- golden + eye (Wiktionary)
- From their golden-yellow eyes. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The game just HAPPENED to have a 'goldeneye' device that the player wore for better targeting and a HUD or some silly thing like that.”
“I've had a dog go out of sight after a crippled goldeneye.”
“But that goldeneye went straight down and no chance for that.”
“It would have to be either a common goldeneye or a pintail.”
“There were even ducks on the pond, teal and goldeneye paused for a rest on their southern flight.”
“It looked SOOO GOOD. then goldeneye was just the end all be all game.”
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“A number of waterfowl species including goldeneye Bucephala clangula, goosander Mergus merganser, wigeon Anas penelope, teal Anas crecca and bean goose Anser fabalis breed in the area.”
“There is great competition among bird species to secure what are generally scarce habitats and nesting birds are often evicted by more dominant birds such as goosanders, goldeneye ducks or tawny owls, or by mammals like the pine marten.”
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“Also saw a flock of about a dozen common goldeneye floating on the bay.”
“Though I did buy a N64 it was only for Goldeneye … and then later Perfect Dark (which rocked the crap oughta goldeneye).”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘goldeneye’.
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FUN - fish can be...
Compound adjectives - based on the FAO ASFIS list of waterborne species.
arc-eye, U-mark, U-spot, X-ray, Y-prickleback, ox-eyed, big-claw, big-eye, big-eyed, big-head, big-lip, big-scale and 509 more...
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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See, The Eyes Have It
List of words (or phrases) containing eye-, -eye-, or -eye. Beginning with red-eye and eyebright.
I've since begun adding other more oblique terms that lack the string -eye-, but that...red-eye, eyebright, arguw-eye, bigeye, bird's-eye, buckeye, blarneyed, wheyey, eyebrow, eyecup, eyedropper, eyeful and 296 more...
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More Bird Wirds: North America
Birds endemic to the United States and/or North America.
toucan, peacock, weaver, bullfinch, redpoll, siskin, crossbill, finch, rosy-finch, oriole, cowbird, blackbird and 213 more...
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Movies I've Seen
There's a jar I've been adding movie ticket stubs to since about age twelve. I am pleased to have a more accessible way of keeping track of the movies I've seen. Even if some are pretty embarrassin...
ghostbusters, amadeus, miller's crossing, no reservations, hoot, insomnia, master and commander, the matrix, o brother, where ..., night of the comet, the dark knight, tropic thunder and 489 more...
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Just ducky
bufflehead, merganser, canvasback, muscovy, smew, pochard, shoveler, goosander, teal, seaduck, sheldrake, mallard and 66 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for goldeneye.
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