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big eye

big eye noun: insomnia due to the lengths of the days and nights in the polar regions.

Noun

big eye (uncountable)

  1. (Antarctica) Insomnia due to the lengths of the days and nights in the polar regions.
    • He would permit Mrs Leeming, he said with a sly Irish smile, to visit the pit site only if she got a full night's sleep, no big-eye, no waiting up for the midnight sun.1969, Thomas Keneally, The Survivor
    • One of the favorite myths of polar expeditions involves the "Big Eye," the fierce insomnia which is said to persecute the new arrival and which has been lent an almost legendary aura.1969, Gay Gaer Luce, Julius Segal, Insomnia, Doubleday, page 7

big eye meaning in Tamil

big eye in Tamil

பருத்த விளமீன், கடாக்கண்

Questions about big eye

What does big eye mean?
Big eye means insomnia due to the lengths of the days and nights in the polar regions.
What is big eye in Tamil?
Big eye in Tamil is பருத்த விளமீன், கடாக்கண். See Big eye meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is big eye?
Big eye is a noun.

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