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GOLDENEYE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions
Synonyms:
Bucephela clangula; goldeneye; whistler
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("goldeneye" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goldeneye"):
Barrow's goldeneye; Bucephala islandica (North American goldeneye diving duck)
Holonyms ("goldeneye" is a member of...):
Bucephala; genus Bucephala (buffleheads and goldeneyes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A variety of green lacewing
Synonyms:
golden-eyed fly; goldeneye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("goldeneye" is a kind of...):
chrysopid; green lacewing; stink fly (pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae)
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