cat's eye

Or cat's-eye

[kats-ahy]

noun

plural

cat's eyes, cat's-eyes 

1. any of certain gems having a chatoyant luster, especially chrysoberyl.

2. a playing marble marked with eyelike concentric circles.

3. cat eye.

cat's-eye

noun

1. any of a group of gemstones, esp a greenish-yellow variety of chrysoberyl, that reflect a streak of light when cut in a rounded unfaceted shape

2. Also called: ataata. a grazing marine gastropod, Turbo smaragdus , of New Zealand waters

Word History and Origins

Origin of cat's eye¹

First recorded in 1545–55