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cats' eyes

cats' eyes is the plural of cat's eye.

Meaning of cat's eye

Noun

cat's eye (countable and uncountable, plural cats' eyes or cat's eyes)

  1. (Commonwealth, countable, especially, plural-normally) A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.
  2. (countable) A glass marble with elongated colourful inclusions running through its axis.
    Synonyms:
    cat-eye
  3. A gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy.
  4. Cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl).
  5. (New Zealand, countable) A sea snail, Lunella smaragda
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, eye.; the eye of a cat.

Questions about cats' eyes

What is cats' eyes the plural of?
Cats' eyes is the plural of cat's eye.

Words near cats' eyes in the dictionary

  1. cats in the meal tub
  2. cats in the meal-tub
  3. cats' asses
  4. cats' concert
  5. cats' concerts
  6. cats' eyes
  7. cats' games
  8. cats' paws
  9. cats' tongues
  10. cats'-eyes
  11. cats'-paws

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