bigeye

American  

[big-ahy] / ˈbɪgˌaɪ /

noun

• bigeye,
  plural
• bigeyes
  plural

1. any of several silver and red fishes of the family Priacanthidae, found in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and in the West Indies, having a short, flattened body and large eyes.

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bigeye British  

/ ˈbɪɡˌaɪ /

noun

1. any tropical or subtropical red marine percoid fish of the family Priacanthidae , having very large eyes and rough scales

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bigeye
  plural
• bigeyes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bigeye

First recorded in 1885–90; big ¹ + eye

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bigeye

And the Natural History Museum announced Wednesday that a longfinned bigeye fish, normally found only from Baja California to Peru, was caught off the Venice Fishing Pier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Collectively, this area is bigger than India and offers access to an ocean abundant with marine life, including skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

Last year, I changed the Fourth of July menu because the day before I caught a 180-pound bigeye tuna and that was the dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

They specifically looked at tropical tuna -- skipjack, bigeye and yellowfin.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

From Japanese hamachi to Hawaiian kampachi to Scottish ocean trout to bigeye tuna from the Philippines, the seafood here is sourced from three different seafood vendors, as Hyun seeks what’s freshest.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024