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WALLEYE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pike-like freshwater perches

Synonyms:

dory; jack salmon; Stizostedion vitreum; walleye; walleyed pike

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("walleye" is a kind of...):

pike-perch; pike perch (any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walleye"):

blue pickerel; blue pike; blue pikeperch; blue walleye; Strizostedion vitreum glaucum (variety inhabiting the Great Lakes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward

Synonyms:

divergent strabismus; exotropia; walleye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("walleye" is a kind of...):

squint; strabismus (abnormal alignment of one or both eyes)

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