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walleye
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noun
  1. one or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
  2. an unusually pale eye
  3. a variety of gamefish native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes
walleyed pike
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noun (walleyed pike)
  1. synonym of walleye (fish)
Warsaw
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proper noun
  1. The capital of Poland.
weakfish
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noun (es, pl2=weakfish)
  1. Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters
whale shark
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noun
  1. A very large spotted shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm marine waters, similar to a whale, that feeds by filtering plankton from the water.
whiff
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noun
  1. A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
  2. An odour carried briefly through the air
  3. A short inhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe
  4. (baseball) A strike (from the batter's perspective)
  5. The megrim, a fish with scientific name Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
verb
  1. (transitive) To waft.
  2. (transitive) To sniff.
  3. (context, intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
  4. (slang) to attempt to strike and miss, esp. being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
adjective
  1. (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.
whitebait
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noun
  1. The young of various species of fish, especially herrings, sprats or smelts, served deep fried as a starter or snack
whitefish
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noun (es, pl2=whitefish)
  1. any of many fish
  1. any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food
  2. any of several other fish, such as whiting or menhaden
    1. the beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale)
windowpane
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noun
  1. a piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window
  2. A quadruple dose of liquid LSD.
wrasse
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noun
  1. Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored.

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