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bug eye

bug eye noun: a style of eyeglasses with large lenses, usually covering the entire eye. Also the singular of bug eyes.

bug eye: a style of eyeglasses with large lenses, usually covering the entire eye
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Noun

bug eye (plural bug eyes)

  1. (attributive) A style of eyeglasses with large lenses, usually covering the entire eye.
    • […] more like a boy, though, Haldane thought, with his pink skin and his bug-eye glasses.1994, Robert Charles Wilson, Mysterium, Hachette, →ISBN

Also used as

bug eye is also the singular of bug eyes.

Forms of bug eye

pluralbug eyes

Questions about bug eye

What does bug eye mean?
Bug eye means a style of eyeglasses with large lenses, usually covering the entire eye.
What part of speech is bug eye?
Bug eye is a noun.
What is the plural of bug eye?
The plural of bug eye is bug eyes.

Words near bug eye in the dictionary

  1. bug check
  2. bug checks
  3. bug compatibility
  4. bug compatible
  5. bug down
  6. bug eye
  7. bug eyes
  8. bug fix
  9. bug fixes
  10. bug guy
  11. bug hotel

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