ˈmoon-eye
[f. moon n.1 + eye n.; in sense 1 transl. of L. oculus lunaticus (Vegetius).]
1. Farriery. (Usually pl.) An eye affected with intermittent blindness (attributed to the moon's influence); also, the disease itself, moon-blindness.
| 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 280 Of Lunatick or Moon-eyes. 1639 T. de la Grey Compl. Horsem. 6 Be you..marvellous carefull that neither your stallion or mare have..moon-eyes, watry eyes, or bloud-shotten eyes. 1748 tr. Vegetius' Distemp. Horses 152 There is another Distemper..the Ancients called it a Moon-eye. |
2. a. A North American fish, Hyodon tergisus. b. The cisco, Coregonus hoyi.
| 1845 Storer Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. in Mem. Amer. Acad. II. 462 Hyodon tergisus..Called ‘Moon-eye’, ‘Shiner’, ‘Lake Herring’ at Buffalo. 1884 G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 541 The Moon-eye or Cisco. |