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Stargazer   /stˈɑrgˌeɪzər/   Listen
noun
Stargazer  n.  
1.
One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer.
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.





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"Stargazer" Quotes from Famous Books



... the continent. Called also Eel-fish and Tandan (q.v.). In Sydney the same name is applied also to Cnidoglanis megastoma, Rich., and in New Zealand Kathetostoma monopterygium. Cnidoglanis and Cnidoglanis are Siluroids, and Kathetostoma is a"stargazer," i.e. a fish having eyes on the upper surface of the head, belonging to ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris


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