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Meaning of GOGGLE-EYE

Pronunciation:  'gâgul I

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait
 
 Synonyms: bigeye scad, big-eyed scad, Selar crumenophthalmus
 
 See Also: genus Selar, scad, Selar

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gog"gle-eye`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes
    of the family {Centrarchid[ae]}, esp. {Ch[ae]nobryttus
    antistius}, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and
    {Ambloplites rupestris}, of the Great Lakes and
    Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent
    eyes.
(b) The goggler.
 

 

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