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Webster 1913 Edition
Shiner
Shin′er
,Noun.
That which shines.
Specifically: (a)
A luminary.
(b)
A bright piece of money.
[Slang]
Has she the
shiners
, d’ ye think? Foote.
(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.
Blunt-nosed shiner
(Zool.)
, the silver moonfish.