Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eyeshine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eye-shine
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A visible effect of the tapetum lucidum, causing the pupil to appear to glow when a light is shone into the eye.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From eye + shine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

eyeshines (plural)

Questions

What does eyeshine mean?: A visible effect of the tapetum lucidum, causing the pupil to appear to glow when a light is shone into the eye.
Where does eyeshine come from?: From eye + shine.

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