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Blunt-nosed shiner
(gcide) | 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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bluntnosed shiner
(gcide) | Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called
also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.
(b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); --
called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
(c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.
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Blunt-nosed shiner
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called
also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.
(b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); --
called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
(c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.
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