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.

Helaine L. Smith. Homer and the Homeric Hymns: Mythology for Reading and Composition

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.