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Limerick #121873 goldeneye
I have to admit that I'm stuck
On the goldeneye. Is it a duck
Or an insect? Small bird?
Or a fish? It's absurd!
We've got goldeneyes running amuck!
The answer is yes, and more. Face it, golden eyes aren't specific to any class of animals.

The Oxford English Dictionary informs us that the term is or has been used for three species of ducks, a 5- to 6-inch-long bird, many insects, and two fish species.

Specifically, they are:
    —the common and Barrow's goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula and B. islandica, medium-sized sea ducks)
    —(obsolete, rare, British regional) the tufted duck or goldeneye daver, Aythya fuligula
    —(obsolete, rare, Australian) the white-naped honeyeater, Melithreptus lunatus
    green lacewings, a multitude of insects in the family Chrysopidae
    —the two species of fish in genus Hiodon, also called mooneyes: H. alosoides and H. tergisus
Other sources offer about 150 species of plants in the genus Viguiera, with yellow or orange daisy-like flowers.

Not to mention GoldenEye, a luxury resort based on the buildings and grounds of author Ian Fleming's Goldeneye Estate in Jamaica.