1.
[syn: redeye, redeye flight]
The 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]