Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A freshwater food and game fish (Stizostedium vitreum) of North America, having large staring eyes. Also called dory2, walleyed pike.
- n. Exotropia.
- n. An eye affected with exotropia. Often used in the plural.
- n. An eye with a light-colored iris or white or opaque cornea.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- wall + eye (Wiktionary)
- Back-formation from walleyed. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I once caught a 12 ib. and 32 inch walleye up in canada, but your walleye is a monster!”
Twin Falls Angler Catches Idaho State Record Walleye in Oakley Reservoir
“Photo By hunter6 this 6 lb. 26 in walleye was the catch of the day. got up early and had this one by 6; 45 a.m..”
“EasternShore, walleye is better than 'pretty good'.”
“Yes | No | Report from stilloutoffocus wrote 1 year 3 days ago walleye is good but the best fish i ever had was fresh bluegill sauted in butter and herbs with just a touch of lemon. mmmmm mmmmmm”
“I use gulp with a lot of success here in WI I like the gulp alive for bass and other fish like that and use the gulp twister tails for walleye. another brand I like to use for walleye is Mister Twister exude, it's the same concept as gulp but is a longer tail and narrower body.”
What is the best type of rubber bait - Yum!, Gulp!, Powerbait, or Gary Yamamoto?
“It's acting that way because a walleye is right on its tail.”
Today's Best Walleye Anglers Are Inventing New Ways to Land More Fish.
“A tool for trout since at least the 1930s, lead-core line is emerging in walleye circles as the ticket for trolling at greater depths with far less line than you'd need with buoyant, elastic monofilament.”
25 Killer Spring Tips for Bass, Trout, Crappie, Walleys, and Pike
“It's a technological match made in walleye fishing heaven: thumbnail-size data cards containing the depth contours of the water you're fishing that can be inserted into GPS units.”
“Gradual sloping rocky shorelines with brush will be your best areas to target because when the shad spawn, the walleye will be their ready to take advantage of the situation.”
“The walleye is the top predator in the Saginaw Bay ecosystem, and the bay's world-class walleye fishery is a key part of the $7 billion-a-year Great Lakes fishery.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘walleye’.
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*e?e
Words whose last and third-to-last letters are both "e".
here, eke, were, complete, mete, replete, adhere, where, mere, sphere, austere, aesthete and 99 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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Potpourri
eponymous, aa, pulchritude, gizmo, macabre, sui generis, solecism, solipsism, eldritch, samizdat, queue, obsequious and 469 more...
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justin's Words
braii, boerewors, lekker, viva, pap, lipodystrophy, lacticacidosis, sharp, chakalaka, defaulter, eish, oof and 256 more...
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Henry's Favorite Song
being sorts of Fish
fish, walleye, bass, catfish, carp, pike, sunfish, cod, monkfish, salmon, tuna, shark and 59 more...
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mothertongue's Words
aviatrix, interrobang, ysprung, zaftig, aasvogel, glazed, unheimlich, chimera, diphthong, envermeil, humicubation, walleye and 4 more...
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cbars420's Words
boob, wiener, monkey, dookie, anal, breast, tit, melon, student, teach, kitten, sex and 82 more...
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trout, trout, trout!
fish that are fun to say
trout, gar, walleye, mooneye, arctic char, sockeye salmon, chum, freshwater drum, three-spine stick..., eel, waccamaw killfish, shad and 22 more...
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A miscellany of food words
fixings, vichyssoise, creme broulee, walleye, custard, blancmange, greengage, stump plum, creme caramel, flan, wapato, pots de creme and 6 more...
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Fish
esocidae, muskellunge, pickerel, barracuda, walleye, snook, sauger, squawfish, halibut, esox
Tweets
Looking for tweets for walleye.
slumry walleyed pike, dory Jul 31, 2007