Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A freshwater food and game fish (Sander vitreus) of North America, having large silvery eyes and a greenish-yellow mottled body.
  • noun An eye or eyes affected with exotropia.
  • noun An eye with a light-colored iris or white or opaque cornea.

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  • noun One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
  • noun An unusually pale eye.
  • noun A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Back-formation from walleyed.]

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wall +‎ eye

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  • walleyed pike, dory

    August 1, 2007

  • noun. Veterinary Pathology. An eye, especially of a dog, with a whitish iris or a white opacity of the cornea. Also: watcheye.

    June 10, 2015