cat-eyed
Americanadjective
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having eyes resembling those of a cat.
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capable of seeing in dark places.
Etymology
Origin of cat-eyed
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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The cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl group the Ronettes.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
Models drifted out from a wall of shiny, party balloons – pink flamingos squeezed against rainbow ponies — wearing wide cat-eyed sunglasses and teased-out hair extensions.
From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2022
Bates took the podium in a couture hat and cat-eyed shades: “We will kneel-in; we will sit-in until we can eat in any corner in the United States,” she intoned.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2021
After capturing cat-eyed water snakes in Malaysia, and later Singapore, Jayne and colleagues took some into the lab and placed them in mud-bottom tanks where the creatures formed tunnels and stayed put.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 6, 2018
She pointed to a cat-eyed boy about five or six years old.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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