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cat's-eye

[ kats-ahy ]
/ ˈkætsˌaɪ /
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noun, plural cat's-eyes.

any of certain gems having a chatoyant luster, especially chrysoberyl.
a playing marble marked with eyelike concentric circles.

Nearby words

  1. cat's paw,
  2. cat's whisker,
  3. cat's whiskers,
  4. cat's-claw,
  5. cat's-ear,
  6. cat's-foot,
  7. cat's-paw,
  8. cat's-tail,
  9. cat's-tail speedwell,
  10. cat-and-dog

Origin of cat's-eye

First recorded in 1545–55
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British Dictionary definitions for catseye (1 of 2)

Catseye

/ (ˈkætsˌaɪ) /

noun

trademark British a glass reflector set into a small fixture, placed at intervals along roads to indicate traffic lanes at night

British Dictionary definitions for catseye (2 of 2)

cat's-eye

noun

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