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shiner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shiner has 4 senses
- shiner(n = noun.state) black eye, mouse - a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye; Array is a kind of bruise, contusion
- shiner(n = noun.object) Array - something that shines (with emitted or reflected light); Array is a kind of object, physical object
- shiner(n = noun.animal) common mackerel, scomber scombrus - important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales; Array is a kind of mackerel
- shiner(n = noun.animal) Array - any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis; Array is a kind of cyprinid, cyprinid fish
has particulars: twinkler
Derived form verb shine1
is a member of genus scomber, scomber
has parts: mackerel
has particulars: emerald shiner, notropis atherinoides, common shiner, notropis cornutus, silversides, golden shiner, notemigonus crysoleucas
CIDE DICTIONARY
shiner, n.
That which shines. [1913 Webster]
"Has she the shiners, d' ye think?"
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shiner, 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.
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.
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