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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: black eye, common mackerel, Scomber scombrus
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
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