shiner (n.)

  1. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

    [ Syn: 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 , scomber scombrus ]

  4. any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis

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