common goldeneyes

gol·den·eye (g

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1. Either of two diving ducks (Bucephala clangula or B. islandica) of northern regions, having a short black bill, a rounded head, and yellow eyes.

2. Any of various lacewings of the family Chrysopidae having yellow or copper-colored eyes.

[From their golden-yellow eyes.]

goldeneye [ˈgəʊldənˌaɪ]

n pl -eyes, -eye

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) either of two black-and-white diving ducks, Bucephala clangula or B. islandica, of northern regions

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any lacewing of the family Chrysopidae that has a greenish body and eyes of a metallic lustre

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Noun	1.	goldeneye - a variety of green lacewing golden-eyed fly chrysopid, green lacewing, stink fly - pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae
	2.	goldeneye - large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions Bucephela clangula, whistler duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs Bucephala, genus Bucephala - buffleheads and goldeneyes Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica - North American goldeneye diving duck

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Barrow's goldeneye Bucephala Bucephala islandica Bucephela clangula chrysopid duck fowl genus Bucephala golden-eyed fly green lacewing stink fly Whistler	Over the next five years, other previously unknown birds--surf and black scoters, canvasbacks, redheads, common goldeneyes and the almost mythical blue duck, the harlequin--graced my waterfowling craft. Washington's mixed bag: from mallards to sea ducks, the Evergreen ... by Johnson, M.D. / Wildfowl At this site you could expect to see common goldeneyes, oldsquaws, red breasted mergansers, common eiders, scaups, loons, black ducks and Canada geese, as well as the more common gulls and shore birds. The Southern Shore by Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe; Rogers, Stillman / Canada's Atlantic Provinces Adventure Guide	common elder Common Entrance Common Era common European ash common European dogwood common European earwig common European jay common evening primrose common facial vein common factor common fate common fault common fee common fennel common fig common fig tree common flat pea common four-o'clock common foxglove common fraction common front common garden cress common garter snake common gender common ginger common goldeneyes common good common grackle common grape hyacinth common grape vine common ground common gum cistus common heath common hop common hops common horehound common horsetail common hyacinth common iguana common iliac artery common iliac vein Common in gross Common informer common infrastructure common item common ivy common jasmine common juniper common kingsnake common knowledge common laburnum	common garter snake Common Gate Low-Noise Amplifier Common Gateway Interface Common Gateway Interface Common Gateway Interface Daemon Common Gateway Interface. Common Gateway Interface. Common Gateway Protocol Common Gateway System common gender common gender Common Genet Common Genet Common Genet common genets common genets common genets Common Geographic Reference System Common Geometry Module Common Geopositioning Services Common Geospatial-Intelligence System Common Germanic common ginger Common Glasswort Common Glasswort Common Global Ministries Board common gnats common gnats common gnats Common golden thistle common goldeneyes Common goldstar common good common good common good Common Good (organization) Common Good Planning Center Common Gorse Common Gorse Common Government-Wide Accounting Classification Common GPS common grackle common grackle common grackles common grackles common grackles Common Grant Application Common Grant Application Format common grape hyacinth common grape vine Common Graphics Environment Common Graphics System Common Grasshopper Warbler Common Gray Fox Common Gray Fox Common Green Frog Common Greenbriar Common Greenshank Common Greenshank common grenadiers common grenadiers

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Barrow's goldeneye
Bucephala
Bucephala islandica
Bucephela clangula
chrysopid
duck
fowl
genus Bucephala
golden-eyed fly
green lacewing
stink fly
Whistler

Over the next five years, other previously unknown birds--surf and black scoters, canvasbacks, redheads, common goldeneyes and the almost mythical blue duck, the harlequin--graced my waterfowling craft.

Washington's mixed bag: from mallards to sea ducks, the Evergreen ... by Johnson, M.D. / Wildfowl

At this site you could expect to see common goldeneyes, oldsquaws, red breasted mergansers, common eiders, scaups, loons, black ducks and Canada geese, as well as the more common gulls and shore birds.

The Southern Shore by Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe; Rogers, Stillman / Canada's Atlantic Provinces Adventure Guide

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