8 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shiner \Shin"er\, n. That which shines. Specifically: (a) A luminary. (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang] [1913 Webster] Has she the shiners, d' ye think? --Foote. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] {Blunt-nosed shiner} (Zool.), the silver moonfish. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sparada \Spar"a*da\, n. (Zool.) A small California surf fish ({Micrometrus aggregatus}); -- called also {shiner}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}. [1913 Webster +PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: shiner n 1: a bruise caused by a blow to the eye [syn: {black eye}] 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 From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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 From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Shiner, TX -- U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 2070 Housing Units (2000): 1016 Land area (2000): 2.435706 sq. miles (6.308450 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.007164 sq. miles (0.018554 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.442870 sq. miles (6.327004 sq. km) FIPS code: 67640 Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 29.430856 N, 97.172115 W ZIP Codes (1990): 77984 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Shiner, TX Shiner
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