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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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