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tigereye

tigereye is the alternative spelling of tiger's eye.

Meaning of tiger's eye

Noun

tiger's eye (plural tiger's eyes)

  1. A chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre.
    • Every one noticed her eyes; the brown iris had golden glints that made them look like gold-stone, or, in softer lights, like that Colorado mineral called tiger-eye.1913 June, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter I, in O Pioneers!, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part I (The Wild Land), page 11

Forms of tigereye

pluraltigereyes

Questions about tigereye

What is tigereye the alternative spelling of?
Tigereye is the alternative spelling of tiger's eye.

Words near tigereye in the dictionary

  1. tiger-nuts
  2. tigerback
  3. tigercycline
  4. tigerdom
  5. tigeresque
  6. tigereye
  7. tigereyes
  8. tigerfish
  9. tigerfishes
  10. Tigergate
  11. tigerhood

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