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shiner

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: shiner

1
 n
something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
2
 n
any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: shiner
1

n something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)

Types:
twinkler
an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner
Type of:
object, physical object
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

n a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

Synonyms:
black eye, mouse
Type of:
bruise, contusion
an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
2

n any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis

Types:
Notropis atherinoides, emerald shiner
small blunt-nosed fish of Great Lakes and Mississippi valley with a greenish luster
Notropis cornutus, common shiner, silversides
the common North American shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas, golden shiner
shiner of eastern North America having golden glints; sometimes also called `bream'
Type of:
cyprinid, cyprinid fish
soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

n important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales

Synonyms:
Scomber scombrus, common mackerel
Type of:
mackerel
any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
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