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4 words match “GOGGLE-EYE”

GOGGLE-EYE n. 2 definitions
One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidæ, esp. Chænobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes.
GOGGLE-EYED a.
Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes. Ascham.
GOGGLER n.
fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra.
REDEYE n.
The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. [Local, U.S.]