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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye [syn: shiner, black eye, mouse]
2: something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
3: important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales [syn: common mackerel, shiner, Scomber scombrus]
4: any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. one that shines 2. a silvery fish; especially any of numerous small freshwater American cyprinid fishes (especially genus Notropis) — compare golden shiner 3. black eye 1

Britannica Concise

Any of several small freshwater fishes (genera Notemigonus and Notropis, family Cyprinidae). The common shiner (Notropis cornutus) is a blue and silver minnow up to 8 in. (20 cm) long. The golden shiner (Notemigonus cryseleucas), sometimes called the Amer. roach, is a greenish and golden minnow, about 12 in. (30 cm) long and weighing 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg). It is edible and valuable as bait.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a thing that shines. 2 colloq. a black eye. 3 US any of various small silvery freshwater fish, esp. of the genus Notropis. 4 (usu. in pl.) sl. a archaic money. b a jewel.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lepisma Le*pis"ma (l[-e]*p[i^]z"m[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shiner 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sparada Spar"a*da, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Redfin Red"fin` (-f?n`), n. (Zo["o]l.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fallfish Fall"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species.