silvereye
noun
Definition of silvereye
: any of several small Old World singing birds of Zosterops or related genera (such as Z. palpebroso of India or Z. lateralis of Australia and New Zealand) having the eyes encircled by a ring of white feathers —called also white-eye
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Origin and Etymology of silvereye
2silver + eye
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