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shiner

Dictionary definition · shiner

noun

  1. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
  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
  4. any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).