What does wax-eye mean?
Wax-eye means (Australia, New Zealand) A bird of the genus Zosterops; a silvereye..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A bird of the genus Zosterops; a silvereye..
[T]he world being My Place by the fallen birch log, with the grass, the insects in the grass, the sky, the sheep and cows and rabbits, the wax-eyes and the hawks – everything Outside.
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Wax-eye means (Australia, New Zealand) A bird of the genus Zosterops; a silvereye..
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[T]he world being My Place by the fallen birch log, with the grass, the insects in the grass, the sky, the sheep and cows and rabbits, the wax-eyes and the hawks – everything Outside.
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