Thesaurus: shiner

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1. n. That which shines.
2. n. A luminary.
3. n. A bright piece of money.
4. n. 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.
5. n. The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
6. n. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
7. n. something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
8. n. important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
9. n. any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
10. That which shines. Specifically: (a) A luminary. (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang] Has she the shiners, d' ye think Foote. black eye. (c) (Zoöl.) 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) (Zoöl.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug. Blunt-nosed shiner (Zoöl.), the silver moonfish.
11. That which shines. Specifically:(a) A luminary.(b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]Has she the shiners, d' ye think Foote.black eye.(c) (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater Americancyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and alliedgenera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner(Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also looselyapplied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, orhorsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d)(Zoöl.)
12. n:100 n. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye n. something that shines (with emitted or reflected light) n. any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis