Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stargaser \Star"gas`er\, n.
   1. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in
      derision or contempt, an astronomer.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed
      marine fishes belonging to {Uranoscopus}, {Astroscopus},
      and allied genera, of the family {Uranoscopid[ae]}. The
      common species of the Eastern United States are
      {Astroscopus anoplus}, and {A. guttatus}. So called from
      the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.