shiner

7 definitions found

shiner - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shiner \Shin"er\, n.
     That which shines. Specifically:
     (a) A luminary.
     (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]
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               Has she the shiners, d' ye think?    --Foote.
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     (c) (Zool.) 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) (Zool.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
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     Blunt-nosed shiner (Zool.), the silver moonfish.
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  Sparada \Spar"a*da\, n. (Zool.)
     A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); --
     called also shiner.
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  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.] (Zool.)
     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; it feeds on starch and eats sized paper and
     starched clothes. Called also shiner, silverfish, silver witch
     , silver moth, and furniture bug.
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  Redfin \Red"fin`\ (-f?n`), n. (Zool.)
     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.
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  Fallfish \Fall"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     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.
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shiner - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  shiner
      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

shiner - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Shiner, TX (city, FIPS 67640)
    Location: 29.43199 N, 97.17179 W
    Population (1990): 2074 (1017 housing units)
    Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 77984