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telescope eyes

American  

plural noun

  1. protruding orbits, as on certain goldfish.


Other Word Forms

  • telescope-eyed adjective

Example Sentences

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The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded, and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the tree-tops as Mowgli's escort whirled along.

From Project Gutenberg

The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the treetops as Mowgli's escort whirled along.

From Project Gutenberg

A fish with 'telescope eyes,' the paper says.

From Project Gutenberg