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Shiner
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What's The Definition Of Shiner?
[n] any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
[n] important food fish of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales [n] something that shines (with emitted or reflected light) [n] a bruise caused by a blow to the eye Synonyms | Synonyms for Shiner: black eye | common mackerel | Scomber scombrus Related Terms | Find terms related to Shiner: See Also | bruise | common shiner | contusion | cyprinid | cyprinid fish | emerald shiner | genus Scomber | golden shiner | mackerel | Notemigonus crysoleucas | Notropis atherinoides | Notropis cornutus | object | physical object | Scomber | silversides | twinkler Shiner In Webster's Dictionary \Shin"er\, n.
That which shines. Specifically:
(a) A luminary.
(b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]
Has she the shiners, d' ye think? --Foote.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small
freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to
{Notropis}, or {Minnilus}, and allied genera; as the
redfin ({Notropis megalops}), and the golden shiner
({Notemigonus chrysoleucus}) of the Eastern United
States; also loosely applied to various other silvery
fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden,
moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada.
(d) (Zo["o]l.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
{Blunt-nosed shiner} (Zo["o]l.), the silver moonfish.
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