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shiner
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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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shiner
(gcide) | Sparada \Spar"a*da\, n. (Zool.)
A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); --
called also shiner.
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shiner
(gcide) | 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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shiner
(gcide) | 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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Shiner
(gcide) | 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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shiner
(wn) | 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 |
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common shiner
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emerald shiner
(encz) | emerald shiner, n: |
golden shiner
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moonshiner
(encz) | moonshiner,ilegální výrobce lihovin Zdeněk Brožmoonshiner,pašerák alkoholu web |
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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bluntnosed 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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Moonshiner
(gcide) | Moonshiner \Moon"shin`er\, n.
A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because
the work is largely done at night. [Cant, U.S.]
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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]Sparada \Spar"a*da\, n. (Zool.)
A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); --
called also shiner.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]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.
[1913 Webster]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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Shiner
(gcide) | Shiner \Shin"er\, n.
That which shines. Specifically:
(a) A luminary.
(b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
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]Sparada \Spar"a*da\, n. (Zool.)
A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); --
called also shiner.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]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.
[1913 Webster]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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common shiner
(wn) | common shiner
n 1: the common North American shiner [syn: common shiner,
silversides, Notropis cornutus] |
emerald shiner
(wn) | emerald shiner
n 1: small blunt-nosed fish of Great Lakes and Mississippi
valley with a greenish luster [syn: emerald shiner,
Notropis atherinoides] |
golden shiner
(wn) | golden shiner
n 1: shiner of eastern North America having golden glints;
sometimes also called `bream' [syn: golden shiner,
Notemigonus crysoleucas] |
moonshiner
(wn) | moonshiner
n 1: someone who makes or sells illegal liquor [syn:
bootlegger, moonshiner] |
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