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Shiner   /ʃˈaɪnər/   Listen
Shiner

noun
1.
A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye.  Synonyms: 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.  Synonyms: common mackerel, Scomber scombrus.
4.
Any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis.



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"Shiner" Quotes from Famous Books



... de winder An' kip jus' so quiet lak wan leetle mouse, She say de more finer moon never was shiner— Very fonny, for moon isn't ...
— The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems • William Henry Drummond


Words linked to "Shiner" :   Notemigonus crysoleucas, common shiner, black eye, twinkler, emerald shiner, genus Scomber, silversides, physical object, Notropis cornutus, Notropis atherinoides, Scomber scombrus, mackerel, bruise, cyprinid fish, object, contusion, cyprinid, Scomber, mouse, shine


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