What is the meaning of shiner?

noun

  • A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye.
  • Something that shines (with emitted or reflected light. )
  • Important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales.
  • Any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis. .
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