eyestone

English

noun
Definitions
  • A small, lenticular, calcareous body, especially an operculum of a small shell of the family , used to remove a foreign substance from the eye.
  • (mineral) eye Eye agate.

Etymology

Compound from English eye + English stone.

Origin

English

stone

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