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English Dictionary: goldeneye by the DICT Development Group
2 results for goldeneye
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goldeneye
n
  1. a variety of green lacewing [syn: goldeneye, {golden-eyed fly}]
  2. large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions
    Synonym(s): goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A duck ({Glaucionetta clangula}), found in Northern Europe,
      Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is
      larger. Called {whistler}, {garrot}, {gowdy}, {pied widgeon},
      {whiteside}, {curre}, and {doucker}. Barrow's golden-eye of
      America ({G. Islandica}) is less common.
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