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redeye
(encz) | redeye, n: |
Redeye
(gcide) | Redeye \Red"eye`\ (r[e^]d"[imac]`), n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) The rudd.
(b) Same as Redfish
(d) .
(c) The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. [Local,
U.S.]
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2. A scheduled public conveyance, such as a train or
airplane, which travels late at night or overnight.
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redeye
(gcide) | Rudd \Rudd\, n. [See Rud, n.] (Zool.)
A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus
erythrophthalmus}). It is about the size and shape of the
roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter
body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud,
finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called
azurine, or blue roach.
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redeye
(wn) | redeye
n 1: a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes
red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to get
home the next morning" [syn: redeye, redeye flight] |
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redeye flight
(encz) | redeye flight, n: |
covered-eyed medusae
(gcide) | Medusa \Me*du"sa\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose
hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked
upon her were turned into stone.
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2. [pl. Medusae.] (Zool.) Any free swimming acaleph; a
jellyfish.
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Note: The larger medusae belong to the Discophora, and are
sometimes called covered-eyed medusae; others, known
as naked-eyed medusae, belong to the Hydroidea, and
are usually developed by budding from hydroids. See
Discophora, Hydroidea, and Hydromedusa.
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Medusa bud (Zool.), one of the buds of a hydroid, destined
to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See Athecata, and
Gonotheca.
Medusa's head.
(a) (Zool.) An astrophyton.
(b) (Astron.) A cluster of stars in the constellation
Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol.
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Redeye
(gcide) | Redeye \Red"eye`\ (r[e^]d"[imac]`), n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) The rudd.
(b) Same as Redfish
(d) .
(c) The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. [Local,
U.S.]
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2. A scheduled public conveyance, such as a train or
airplane, which travels late at night or overnight.
[Colloq.]
[PJC]Rudd \Rudd\, n. [See Rud, n.] (Zool.)
A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus
erythrophthalmus}). It is about the size and shape of the
roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter
body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud,
finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called
azurine, or blue roach.
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red-eyed bream
(gcide) | Warmouth \War"mouth\, n. (Zool.)
An American freshwater bream, or sunfish ({Chaenobryttus
gulosus}); -- called also red-eyed bream.
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redeye flight
(wn) | redeye flight
n 1: a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes
red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to get
home the next morning" [syn: redeye, redeye flight] |
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