Goggle-eye

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Goggle-eye \Gog"gle-eye`\, n. (Zool.)
     (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.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Goggler \Gog"gler\, n. (Zool.)
     A carangoid oceanic fish ({Trachurops crumenophthalmus}),
     having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also
     {goggle-eye}, {big-eyed scad}, and {cicharra}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  goggle-eye
       n : of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait [syn: {bigeye
           scad}, {big-eyed scad}, {Selar crumenophthalmus}]