[syn: astronomer, uranologist, stargazer]
3. heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stargazer \Star"gaz`er\ (-g[=a]z`[~e]r), n.
1. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in
derision or contempt, an astronomer.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine
fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and
allied genera, of the family Uranoscopidae. The common
species of the Eastern United States are Astroscopus
anoplus, and Astroscopus guttatus. So called from the
position of the eyes, which look directly upward.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stargazer
n 1: someone indifferent to the busy world; "in the Odyssey
Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence"
[syn: lotus-eater, stargazer]
2: a physicist who studies astronomy [syn: astronomer,
uranologist, stargazer]
3: heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top
of the head
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "stargazer":
Chaldean, astroalchemist, astrogeologist, astrographer, astrologer,
astrologian, astromancer, astronomer, astrophysicist, genethliac,
horoscoper, horoscopist, radar astronomer, radio astronomer,
solar physicist, uranographer, uranographist, uranologist,
uranometrist