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/rˈɛdaɪ/ Listen

noun

Redeye n.

(Zool.)

(a)

The rudd.

(b)

Same as Redfish (d).

(c)

The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. (Local, U.S.)

A scheduled public conveyance, such as a train or airplane, which travels late at night or overnight. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Redeye'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Redeye" Quotes from Famous Books

... beautiful, ringing voice, a voice that she loved. It was the voice of Veery the Thrush. "Oh!" cried little Mrs. Peter, and then held her breath so as not to miss one note of the beautiful song. Hardly had the song ended when she heard the familiar voice of Redeye the Vireo. Little Mrs. Peter clapped her hands happily. "It must be a surprise party by my old friends and neighbors of the Old Pasture!" she cried. "How good of them to come way down here, and how glad I shall be ...

— Mrs. Peter Rabbit • Thornton W. Burgess

... as he saw that tin pail on Buster's neck. Then came others,—Redtail the Hawk, Scrapper the Kingbird, Redwing the Blackbird, Drummer the Woodpecker, Welcome Robin, Tommy Tit the Chickadee, Jenny Wren, Redeye the Vireo, and ever so many more. They came from the Old Orchard, the Green Meadows, and even down by the Smiling Pool, for the voices of Sammy Jay and Blacky the Crow carried far, and at the sound of them everybody hurried over, sure that something exciting ...

— The Adventures of Buster Bear • Thornton W. Burgess

... a maple-tree on the edge of Farmer Brown's door yard lived Mr. and Mrs. Redeye the Vireos. Peter Rabbit knew that they had a nest there because Jenny Wren had told him so. He would have guessed it anyway, because Redeye spent so much time in that tree during the nesting season. No matter what ...

— The Burgess Bird Book for Children • Thornton W. Burgess