"glass eye" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: glass eyes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} glass eye (plural glass eyes)
  1. An artificial eyeball, not necessarily made from glass, intended to replace a missing or removed eye. Wikipedia link: glass eye Categories (topical): Eye Related terms: glassy-eyed, glazed [adjective] Translations (artificial eye): glasøje [neuter] (Danish), lasisilmä (Finnish), œil de verre [masculine] (French), Glasauge [neuter] (German), Kunstauge [neuter] (German), üvegszem (Hungarian), шыны көз (şyny köz) (Kazakh), шиша гёз (şişa göz) (Kumyk), olho de vidro [masculine] (Portuguese), emaljöga [neuter] (Swedish), glasöga [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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