Shiner /(?)/
Shin·er
Shiner
n.
-
That which shines. [Slang]
Has she the shiners, d' ye think?
- 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. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Blunt-nosed shiner
- the silver moonfish.