"bigeye" meaning in All languages combined

See bigeye on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bigeyes [plural]
Etymology: big + eye. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|big|eye}} big + eye Head templates: {{en-noun}} bigeye (plural bigeyes)
  1. Any fish in the taxonomic family Priacanthidae, which have large eyes. Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish, Scombroids, Sharks
    Sense id: en-bigeye-en-noun-QxFN65rs Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 48 52 Disambiguation of Scombroids: 45 55 Disambiguation of Sharks: 47 53
  2. Any of certain fish or shark species identified by their large eyes, in particular bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus. Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish, Scombroids, Sharks
    Sense id: en-bigeye-en-noun-YUklEG5n Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 48 52 Disambiguation of Scombroids: 45 55 Disambiguation of Sharks: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: big-eye Hyponyms: catalufa

Inflected forms

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