goggle-eye

English

Etymology

Named for its prominent eyes. From adj. google ('bulging').

Noun

goggle-eye (plural goggle-eyes)

  1. One of two or more species of American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae.
    1. The warmouth, Lepomis gulosus, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters.
    2. Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley.
  2. A fish, the goggler, Selar crumenophthalmus.

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