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for Shiner
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Shiner \Shin"er\, n.
That which shines. Specifically:
(a) A luminary.
(b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]
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Has she the shiners, d' ye think? --Foote.
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(c) (Zool.) 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, sailor's choice,
and the sparada.
(d) (Zool.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
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Blunt-nosed shiner (Zool.), the silver moonfish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Sparada \Spar"a*da\, n. (Zool.)
A small California surf fish ({Micrometrus aggregatus); --
called also shiner.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Lepisma \Le*pis"ma\ (l[-e]*p[i^]z"m[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Zool.)
A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated
flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by
seven unequal bristles. A common species ({Lepisma
saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and
furniture; it feeds on starch and eats sized paper and
starched clothes. Called also shiner, silverfish, silver
witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Redfin \Red"fin`\ (-f?n`), n. (Zool.)
A small North American dace ({Minnilus cornutus, or
Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has
bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner.
Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Fallfish \Fall"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A fresh-water fish of the United States ({Semotilus
bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The
name is also applied to other allied species.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
shiner
n 1: a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye [syn:
shiner, black eye, mouse]
2: something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
3: important food fish of the northern Atlantic and
Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and
small if any scales [syn: common mackerel, shiner,
Scomber scombrus]
4: any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes
especially of the genus Notropis
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
Shiner, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 2070
Housing Units (2000): 1016
Land area (2000): 2.435706 sq. miles (6.308450 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007164 sq. miles (0.018554 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.442870 sq. miles (6.327004 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67640
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.430856 N, 97.172115 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 77984
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Shiner, TX
Shiner
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