shiner

1. (noun) any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
Related Words: Notemigonus crysoleucas, Notropis atherinoides, Notropis cornutus, common shiner, cyprinid, cyprinid fish, emerald shiner, golden shiner, silversides

2. (noun) something that shines
Related Words: object, physical object

3. (noun) a bruise caused by a blow to the eye
Synonyms: black eye
Related Words: bruise, contusion

4. (noun) important food fish of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
Synonyms: Scomber scombrus, common mackerel
Related Words: mackerel



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