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Definition of Mooneye
1. Noun. Recurrent eye inflammation in horses; sometimes resulting in blindness.
Definition of Mooneye
1. n. A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse.
Definition of Mooneye
1. Noun. A primitive ray-finned fish of the family ''Hiodontidae''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mooneye
1. a freshwater fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mooneye
Literary usage of Mooneye
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"mooneye (mön'i), n. 1. An eye affected, or supposed to be affected, ... Affected with
mooneye ; having eyes affected by the moon, or supposed to be so ..."
2. The Poultry Book: Comprising the Breading and Management of Profitable and by William Bernhard Tegetmeier (1867)
"The local name of this variety is that of Golden mooneye, from the rich iridescent
green-black spangles, on the end of the feathers, the ground-colour being ..."
3. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1877)
"Therefore to be a "mooneye " fly-fisher, one must be very sharp and not read a
book while casting, as I once knew a man to do." The doctor speaks of this ..."
4. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1878)
"It is there called the skip jack, but it is a different fish from the mooneye,
which is also called the slap jack. [This fish belongs to family Salmonidae, ..."
5. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"The mooneye reaches a length of a foot or more, and is found throughout the
Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes region and northwestward at least to the ..."
6. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"The "mooneye" which Mr. Scholer mentions is one or the other of the 2 MORONE
INTERRUPTA (Gill). YELLOW BASS. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. bass, rockfish, or rock, ..."
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