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eyed

  • adjective
  • /aɪd/

Having eye-like spots.

Example

“The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.”

Other meanings

  1. Having the specified kind or number of eyes.

Related words

  • bare-eyed cockatoo
  • eyedness
  • Mission golden-eyed treefrog
  • one-eyed king
  • white-eyed attila
  • archipelago big-eyed treefrog
  • big-eyed tree frog
  • bird-eyed
  • black eyed susan
  • black-eyed pea
  • bleary-eyed
  • blue-eyed cormorant

Word history

From Middle English "eyed".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “eyed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.