white-eye

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noun
Definitions
  • Any of the passerine birds of the family Zosteropidae, native to Africa, Asia and Australasia, typically having a ring of tiny white feathers around their eyes.
  • A species of killifish () of the family , native to Central America.

Etymology

Compound from English white (a white-skinned person, bright and colorless) + English eye.

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English

eye

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