# oxeye

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,
2. Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,
3. Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,
4. Any oxeye daisy.
5. Any oxeye daisy.
6. The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).
7. A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) or the blue titmouse (Parus caeruleus).
8. The dunlin (Calidris alpina)
9. A fish of species Boops boops (bogue, box)

## Etymology
From ox + eye. Apparently in some senses, specifically Buphthalmum, translated from Arabic عَيْن الْبَقَر (ʕayn al-baqar, literally “ox-eye”), as also the case for French œil-de-bœuf.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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