Definition of "great-eyed" [great-eyed]

• Having large or prominent eyes, fitted for seeing in the dark: as, the great-eyed lemurs.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The great-eyed Plato proportioned the lights and shades after the genius of our life."
• "Now, Nan knew how to tell a boy beast from a girl well enough, and this one was definitely a doe, and yet, crowning its graceful, great-eyed head were silver antlers."
• "And when Cadfael came slowly back to her across the empty court, she stood in his way great-eyed, fronting him gravely as if she would penetrate into the most remote recesses of his mind."