meaning of shiner
1. That which shines.
2. A luminary.
3. A bright piece of money.
4. 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, sailors choice, and the sparada.
5. The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
6. any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
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