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calyx eye

calyx eye noun: a kind of oval-shaped needle eye with a slot for inserting the thread.

Noun

calyx eye (plural calyx eyes)

  1. A kind of oval-shaped needle eye with a slot for inserting the thread.
    • I do not advise those with calyx eyes, but I select needles with good oval eyes. I should like to condemn those made with flat, expanded ends.1911, Leonard Arthur Bidwell, A Handbook of Intestinal Surgery, page 8

Forms of calyx eye

pluralcalyx eyes

Questions about calyx eye

What does calyx eye mean?
Calyx eye means a kind of oval-shaped needle eye with a slot for inserting the thread.
What part of speech is calyx eye?
Calyx eye is a noun.
What is the plural of calyx eye?
The plural of calyx eye is calyx eyes.

Words near calyx eye in the dictionary

  1. calypturas
  2. calystenin
  3. calystenins
  4. calythropsin
  5. calyx
  6. calyx eye
  7. calyx eyes
  8. calyxamide
  9. calyxamides
  10. calyxed
  11. calyxes

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