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Walleye

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<B>1.</B> A dense white opacity (leukoma) of the cornea.

<B>2.</B> Divergent strabismus (exotropia) in which the eye turns outward away from the nose.

<B>3.</B> Large staring eyes, like those of certain fish such as the pike.

All of these meanings relate to the walleyed pike, a freshwater perch.

When the walleyed pike is dead, its large divergent eyes quickly become opaquely white.

From the Old Norse 'vagl-eygr,' from 'vagl' (beam) and 'eygr' (eyed).

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