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Shiner

nounid 127891·updated May 18, 2026
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any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis

polysemous

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
black eyecommon mackerelmouse
plural
Shiners
possessive
Shiner's
pluralpossessive
Shiners'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
§2
important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
§3
something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
§4
a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

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