Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.
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- noun zoology The blue-cheeked
honeysucker ofAustralia . - noun Fish of the family Pseudomugilidae native to Australia and New Guinea.
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Examples
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In many populations, for example, the blue-eye gene is completely absent.
now how's this for some crackpot pseudo-science? mikandra 2009
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No data to back up either the blue-eye theory or the Mitt bet?
Is Eye Color the Key to the White House? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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COLLINS: No.No. COHEN: However -- and the doctors I talked to said you can't go in and create a blonde-hair or blue-eye baby.
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The island has nationally important populations of fish honey blue-eye Pseudomugil mellis (EN) and Oxleyan pygmy perch Nannoperca oxleyana (EN).
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"You call those blue-eye?" asked Miss Meadowsweet.
Purple-Eyes 1898
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The mysterious new teacher has some kind of blue-eye powers and we're not too sure what that is.
Japanator 2010
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That's because the brown-eye gene is dominant, and the blue-eye gene is recessive.
unknown title 2009
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They probably inherited recessive blue-eye genes from their parents and passed them on to you.
unknown title 2009
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They probably inherited recessive blue-eye genes from their parents and passed them on to you.
unknown title 2009
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Genetic determinants of hair, eye and skin pigmentation in Europeans odds ratio (20-30 vs. ~5) for OCA2 "blue-eye" markers are vs. the ones which might give some information about hair color.
Gene Expression 2009
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