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"Vision organ"

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3 lettersPronunciation /ˈaɪ̯/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eeyStarts with EEnds with E21 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Organ used for sight; also to look at something closely.

Word origin

From Middle English eye, yë, eyghe, from Old English ēage (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle.

Used in a sentence

  • “Near-synonym: eyeball”
  • “Bright lights really hurt my eyes.”
  • “To vvhat, my loue, ſhall I compare thine eyne? / Chriſtall is muddy.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer21 curated clues

01“Vision organ”3 letters
02“Needle hole”3 letters
03“Needle opening”3 letters
04“Needle threader’s target”3 letters
05“Opening in a needle”3 letters
06“Organ for seeing”3 letters
07“Organ for sight”3 letters
08“Organ used to see”3 letters
09“Organ used to wink”3 letters
10“Organ with a pupil”3 letters
11“Part behind a blink”3 letters
12“Part that sees”3 letters
13“Part used for seeing”3 letters
14“Part with a pupil”3 letters
15“Peacock feather spot”3 letters
16“Storm center”3 letters
17“Storm's calm center”3 letters
18“Wink feature”3 letters
19“Wink maker”3 letters
20“Sight organ”3 letters
21“Seeing organ”3 letters

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