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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