Shiner

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]
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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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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}.
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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}.
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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.
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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.
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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