walleye

American  

[wawl-ahy] / ˈwɔl aɪ /

noun

walleyes, plural walleye plural

1. Also called walleyed pike, jack salmon.  a large game fish, Stizostedion vitreum, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of northeastern North America; pikeperch.

2. any of various other fishes having large, staring eyes.

3. an eye characteristic of a walleyed person or animal.

4. Military. Walleye, a series of television-guided bombs with high-explosive warheads, in production since the 1960s.

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walleye British  

/ ˈwɔːlˌaɪ /

noun

1. a divergent squint

2. opacity of the cornea

3. an eye having a white or light-coloured iris

4. (in some collies) an eye that is particoloured white and blue

5. Also called: walleyed pike.  a North American pikeperch, Stizostedion vitreum, valued as a food and game fish

6. any of various other fishes having large staring eyes

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• walleyed
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• walleye
  plural
• walleyes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of walleye

First recorded in 1515–25; back formation from walleyed

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

walleye walleyes

Browning was associated with larger populations of northern pike and walleye.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026

The big worry now is that the carp are migrating closer to the Great Lakes, where they could endanger the walleye, bass and trout that support the region’s $5 billion fishing industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

From there, the menu moves to the restaurant’s specialties: hand-cut steaks aged in-house, sautéed scallops and pan-fried walleye.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

Nearly 30,000 Chinook salmon were wasted as bycatch in the Canadian trawl fishery, which was targeting hake and walleye pollock, a new report from Canadian fisheries officials found.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

I brought some fish, mostly good-sized walleye, back to camp, I was the only one to bring in any fish, but they spun it differently.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

The sky was blue and the waters flat and calm, perfect conditions for them to explore the shallows of the bay and look for walleyes, large-eyed game fish common in Lake Michigan.

From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

She had two walleyes hanging by their lips over a fire outdoors, and a pile of chores to do before they left the next day.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2020

“People were fishing and taking walleyes out of the river as early as 1979 again.”

From Washington Times ● May 21, 2016

People have been getting a lot of walleyes and northerns.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 16, 2016

Desborough was a stout, bull-necked man, of middle-size, with heavy vulgar features, grizzled bushy eyebrows, and walleyes.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir