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Definition of Holconotus argenteus

Holconotus argenteus
Wall-eye Wall"-eye`, n. [See Wall-eyed.] 1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses. --Booth. Note: Jonson has defined wall-eye to be ``a disease in the crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma.' But glaucoma is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural blemish. --Tully. In the north of England, as Brockett states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and wall-eyed perch. (b) A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus). (c) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.

Meaning of Holconotus argenteus from wikipedia

- coloration with fainter bars, thus resembling barred surfperches (Amphistichus argenteus). Black surfperches can still be distinguished, however, by the presence...