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white-eye
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white-eye (hwt, wt)
n.
Any of various small greenish birds of the genus Zosterops of Africa, southern Asia, and the Pacific islands, having a narrow ring of white feathers around each eye. Also called silvereye.

white-eye
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called (NZ) blighty silvereye waxeye any songbird of the family Zosteropidae of Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, having a greenish plumage with a white ring around each eye
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of certain other birds having a white ring or patch around the eye


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