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walleye

wall·eye [ wáwl  ] (plural wall·eye or wall·eyes)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. freshwater fish of N America: a large predatory freshwater fish with large eyes that is related to the perch. Native to: northeastern North America.  Latin name Stizostedion vitreum.

2. eye that appears white: an eye with a white or streaked iris that gives the appearance of a pale ring around the pupil

3. white in cornea: an eye with an opaque white cornea, or the condition that causes this opacity

4. squint: a squint strabismus in which one or both eyes turn outward

[Early 16th century. Back-formation <walleyed]
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