shiner
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈʃaɪnər/
- Specialized
:
pez del género Notropis
- There we go, a bunch of shiners there, a bunch of shiners.
- Golden Shiner
- Emerald Shiner
- live shiners
Wow, we haven't had shiners in a very long time.
- Wow, we haven't had shiners in a very long time.
Examples
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Limbs whipped his face, and he jumped the branch where he and his father seined shiners.
Fiction book (1992) -
Another fish, the ghost shiner (Notropis buchanani), was discovered in the Great Lakes in Ontario in 1979 in a location 510 km from the nearest known ghost shiner population.
Academic text (1994) -
Well, all of the shiners are in the pond.
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"You ought to be an expert on shiners."
Fiction book (2002) -
It's a small shiner.
Fiction book (1993) -
Hollis holds up a double handful of lures—dozens of rubber and plastic worms, shiners, frogs, and spinners.
Fiction book (1996) -
Commonly found in streams, the shiner is a small silvery fish popular among anglers.
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During my fishing trip, I caught several shiners that made excellent bait for larger fish.
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In summer, the shimmering shiners can be seen swimming near the water's surface.
Synonyms
Small fish that live in rivers and streams in North America often called shiners
A small freshwater fish from North America often found in clear streams and small lakes
A small silvery freshwater fish found in streams and rivers in eastern North America
A small freshwater fish with a green shiny body that lives in the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley
A small freshwater fish with a blunt nose and bright green colour found in North American lakes and rivers
A small freshwater fish with golden scales often used as bait
A group of freshwater fish that includes the golden shiner native to North America
Compounds
A small silvery freshwater fish found in streams and rivers in eastern North America
A small freshwater fish with a blunt nose and bright green colour found in North American lakes and rivers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shiner comes from the simple verb shine, which means 'to be bright'. Fishermen called these small, silvery freshwater fish 'shiners' because they flash and look shiny in the water, so the name fits their bright, silver look.