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Meaning of shiner

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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