English noun: shiner |
1. | shiner (state) a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye |
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| Synonyms | black eye, mouse |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bruise, contusion |
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2. | shiner (object) something that shines (with emitted or reflected light) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | twinkler |
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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 |
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| Synonyms | common mackerel, Scomber scombrus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | mackerel |
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| Part holonym | mackerel |
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| Member meronym | genus Scomber, Scomber |
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4. | shiner (animal) any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cyprinid, cyprinid fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | common shiner, emerald shiner, golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas, Notropis atherinoides, Notropis cornutus, silversides |
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