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Meaning of odd-eyed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Having heterochromia of the eyes.
    not-comparable
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see odd, eye.
    not-comparable

Examples

“I refer to the occurrence of clear-legged and odd-eyed birds (a hazel and a pearl eye), in the Birmingham Muffed Tumbler broods from parent birds both muffed in legs, and with pearl or silver eyes, and vice versa— i.e., muffed-legged and silver-eyed brood from clear-legged and odd-eyed parentage.”
“Odd-eyed rats are more common in certain colors, but breeders are trying to develop them in all colors and varieties.”
“Some Turkish Angoras are “odd-eyed.” This means one eye is gold and one is blue. In Turkey, odd-eyed cats are thought to be special cats.”
“One eve, as at my window-panes I stood, Gray films of memory patched the dull gray view, Where thoughts, blithe-winged, meandered as they would, Like odd-eyed fairies that from childhood flew.”
“Giving Frank an odd-eyed glance, he says, “The other?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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