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eye-stripe

eye-stripe is the alternative form of eyestripe.

Meaning of eyestripe

Noun

eyestripe (plural eyestripes)

  1. A stripe on each side of the head of an animal that includes the eye, and is of a different colour from the rest of the head.
  2. In particular, such a stripe on each side of the head of some birds.
    • Dama. [i.e., the dama gazelle] Horns hooked forward at the ends; body white; dorſal and eye-ſtripes tawny.1806, Charles Linné [i.e., Carl Linnaeus], “Order V. Pecora.”, in William Turton, transl., A General System of Nature, through the Three Grand Kingdoms of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals: […] In...
    Synonyms:
    eyeline

Forms of eye-stripe

pluraleye-stripes

Questions about eye-stripe

What is eye-stripe the alternative form of?
Eye-stripe is the alternative form of eyestripe.

Words near eye-stripe in the dictionary

  1. eye-stalk
  2. eye-stalks
  3. eye-strain
  4. eye-string
  5. eye-strings
  6. eye-stripe
  7. eye-stripes
  8. eye-sweet
  9. Eye-talian
  10. Eye-talians
  11. Eye-tie

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