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Shiner

noun

A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye. Synonyms: black eye, mouse.

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. Synonyms: common mackerel, Scomber scombrus.

Any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis.

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Words linked to "Shiner" : Notropis cornutus, bruise, cyprinid, Notemigonus crysoleucas, genus Scomber, Scomber, Notropis atherinoides, mackerel, object, physical object, contusion, twinkler, shine, cyprinid fish, silversides