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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WHITE-EYE

WHITE-EYE White "-eye `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. coerulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit.

New American Oxford Dictionary

white-eye

white-eye ▶noun a small Old World songbird with a ring of white feathers around the eye. [Family Zosteropidae: several genera, in particular Zosterops, and numerous species. ]

Oxford Dictionary

white-eye

white-eye ▶noun a small Old World songbird with a ring of white feathers around the eye. ●Family Zosteropidae: several genera, in particular Zosterops, and numerous species.