redeye

3 definitions found

redeye - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Redeye \Red"eye`\ (r[e^]d"[imac]`), n.
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) The rudd.
        (b) Same as Redfish
        (d) .
        (c) The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. [Local,
            U.S.]
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A scheduled public conveyance, such as a train or
        airplane, which travels late at night or overnight.
        [Colloq.]
        [PJC]

  Rudd \Rudd\, n. [See Rud, n.] (Zool.)
     A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus
     ). It is about the size and shape of the
     roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter
     body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud,
     finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called
     azurine, or blue roach.
     [1913 Webster]

redeye - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  redeye
      n 1: a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes
           red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to get
           home the next morning" [syn: redeye, redeye flight]