goldeye
Meaning
Noun
- A North American freshwater fish of the mooneye family, Hiodon alosoides (species), usually eaten smoked.
Related
Similar words
- Winnipeg goldeye
- western goldeye
- yellow herring
- toothed herring
- shad mooneye
- la Queche
- weepicheesis
Origin
- gold + eye, from the fish's characteristic iris.
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