walleye

walleye
/wawl"uy/, n., pl. walleyes, (esp. collectively for 1, 2) walleye.
1. Also called walleyed pike, jack salmon. a large game fish, Stizostedion vitreum, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of northeastern North America; pikeperch.
2. any of various other fishes having large, staring eyes.
3. an eye characteristic of a walleyed person or animal.
4. (cap.) Mil. a series of television-guided bombs with high-explosive warheads, in production since the 1960s.
[1515-25; back formation from WALLEYED]

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Species (Stizostedion vitreum) of pikeperch (family Percidae), carnivorous food and game fishes found in clear, cool lakes and rivers of eastern North America.

Walleyes are slender and darkly mottled. They have two dorsal fins and generally weigh less than 10 lbs (4.5 kg), though some may weigh up to 24 lbs (11 kg). They are at most 35 in. (90 cm) long. Walleyes are not true pikes.

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