ox-eyed

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ox-eyed

adj

having large round eyes, like those of an ox

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Adj.

ox-eyed - having large round eyes like those of an ox; "ox-eyed Juno"

eyed - having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination; "a peacock's eyed feathers"; "red-eyed"

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ox-eyed

adj → kuhäugig

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He could not fail to see that the men with whom he was thrown in contact, rough-tongued, fierce and quarrelsome as they were, were yet of deeper nature and of more service in the world than the ox-eyed brethren who rose and ate and slept from year's end to year's end in their own narrow, stagnant circle of existence.

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And now the lady ox-eyed Hera was divided in purpose as to how she could beguile the brain in Zeus of the aegis.

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Keep in trim I've just discovered the Wolf Accu shear range and the little battery powered trimmers are perfect for cutting the grass between the little ox-eyed daisies at the entrance to the cottage.