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• Bigeye — Big eye , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A fish of the genus {Priacanthus}, remarkable for the large size of the eye. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bigeye — [big′ī΄] n. any of a family (Priacanthidae) of small, red, tropical percoid fishes with large eyes and a short body …   English World dictionary

• bigeye — noun a) Any fish in the taxonomic family Priacanthidae, which have large eyes. There were Port Jackson sharks with a brown back, a whitish belly, and eleven rows of teeth, bigeye sharks with necks marked by a large black spot encircled in white… …   Wiktionary

• bigeye — /big uy /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) bigeye, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) bigeyes. any of several silver and red fishes of the family Priacanthidae, found in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and in the West Indies,… …   Universalium

• bigeye — smėlinis jautakis ešerys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Priacanthus arenatus angl. bigeye; catalufa; common bigeye rus. бычеглаз; окунь бычий глаз ; песчаный бычеглаз ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

• bigeye — noun Date: circa 1889 any of several small widely distributed reddish to silvery bony fishes (genus Priacanthus of the family Priacanthidae) of tropical seas …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bigeye — noun 1》 a large migratory tuna found in warm seas. [Thunnus obesus.] 2》 a reddish fish with large eyes which lives in the tropical Atlantic and the western Indian Ocean. [Priacanthus arenatus.] …   English new terms dictionary

• bigeye — big·eye …   English syllables

• bigeye — big•eye [[t]ˈbɪgˌaɪ[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively) eye, (esp. for kinds or species) eyes. any of several red fishes of the family Priacanthidae, of warm Pacific seas, having an oval body and large eyes • Etymology: 1885–90 …   From formal English to slang

• bigeye — noun red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Member Holonyms: ↑Priacanthus, ↑genus Priacanthus …   Useful english dictionary

• Bigeye trevally — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia