Home › Words › G › goldeyegoldeyegoldeye · noun — A North American freshwater fish of the mooneye family, Hiodon alosoides, usually eaten smoked.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom gold + eye, from the fish's characteristic iris.nounA North American freshwater fish of the mooneye family, Hiodon alosoides, usually eaten smoked.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.greeneye 63% match — Any of the deep-sea fish of the family Chlorophthalmidae, that have large iridescent eyes with green lenses. vs goldeye →hiodontid 63% match — Any fish in the family Hiodontidae of mooneyes. vs goldeye →bigeye 58% match — Any fish in the taxonomic family Priacanthidae, which have large eyes. vs goldeye →yelloweye 56% match — The yelloweye mullet, a fish in the family Mugilidae. vs goldeye →goldney 56% match — The gilthead. vs goldeye →springfish 56% match — Any of the fish in the goodeid genus Crenichthys. vs goldeye →whitefish 55% match — Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food. vs goldeye →greenbone 55% match — Any garfish (Belone or Strongylosura). vs goldeye →