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English noun: shiner

1. shiner (state) a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye


Synonymsblack eye, mouse


Broader (hypernym)bruise, contusion

2. shiner (object) something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)


Broader (hypernym)object, physical object


Narrower (hyponym)twinkler

3. shiner (animal) important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales


Synonymscommon mackerel, Scomber scombrus


Broader (hypernym)mackerel


Part holonymmackerel


Member meronymgenus Scomber, Scomber

4. shiner (animal) any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis


Broader (hypernym)cyprinid, cyprinid fish


Narrower (hyponym)common shiner, emerald shiner, golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas, Notropis atherinoides, Notropis cornutus, silversides









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