| NOUN | state | shiner, black eye, mouse | a swollen bruise caused by a blow / blow to the eye |
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| object | shiner | something that shines (with emitted or reflected light) | |
| animal | shiner, common mackerel, Scomber scombrus | important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean | |
| animal | shiner | any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis |
| Sounds | shay'ner | |
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| Rhymes | Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner... | |
| Meaning | A swollen bruise caused by a blow / blow to the eye. | |
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| Synonyms | black eye, mouse | |
| Broader | bruise, contusion | An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration |
| Spanish | ojo morado | |
| Catalan | ull de vellut | |
| Meaning | Something that shines (with emitted or reflected light). | |
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| Narrower | twinkler | An object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
| Verbs | shine | be bright by reflecting or casting light |
| Meaning | Important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales. | |
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| Synonyms | common mackerel, Scomber scombrus | |
| Member of | Scomber, genus Scomber | type genus of the Scombridae |
| Parts | mackerel | flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish |
| Broader | mackerel | Any of various fishes of the family Scombridae |
| Catalan | Scomber scombrus | |
| Meaning | Any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis. | |
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| Narrower | common shiner, silversides, Notropis cornutus | The common North American shiner |
| emerald shiner, Notropis atherinoides | small blunt-nosed fish of Great Lakes and Mississippi valley with a greenish luster | |
| golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas | shiner of eastern North America having golden glints | |
| Broader | cyprinid, cyprinid fish | soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales |
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