SHINER

• (noun) any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis

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

  synonyms : common mackerel , scomber scombrus

• (noun) something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)

• (noun) a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

  synonyms : black eye , mouse

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