Home › Words › W › walleyewalleyewalleye means one or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.EtymologyBack-formation from walleyed.nounOne or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.An unusually pale eye.A gamefish of species Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.fisheye 55% match — An unfriendly or suspicious glance. vs walleye →whally 54% match — Having a light-coloured iris of the eye. vs walleye →goldeye 53% match — A North American freshwater fish of the mooneye family, Hiodon alosoides, usually eaten smoked. vs walleye →barreleye 53% match — A small, deep-sea osmeriform fish of the family Opisthoproctidae, with barrel-shaped, tubular eyes which are generally directed upwards to detect the silhouettes of available prey. vs walleye →bigeye 52% match — Any fish in the taxonomic family Priacanthidae, which have large eyes. vs walleye →greeneye 52% match — Any of the deep-sea fish of the family Chlorophthalmidae, that have large iridescent eyes with green lenses. vs walleye →eyeballed 52% match — Having some specific type of eyeball vs walleye →weatherfish 51% match — A loach of the genus Misgurnus vs walleye →