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Noun shiner has 4 senses

shiner, black eye - a bruise caused by a blow to the eye
--₁ is a kind of bruise, contusion
shiner - something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
--₂ is a kind of object, physical object
--₂ has particulars: twinkler
Derived form: verb shine₁
common mackerel, shiner, Scomber scombrus - important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
--₃ is a kind of mackerel
--₃ is a member of Scomber, genus Scomber
--₃ has parts: mackerel
shiner - any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
--₄ is a kind of cyprinid, cyprinid fish
--₄ has particulars:
emerald shiner, Notropis atherinoides; common shiner, silversides, Notropis cornutus; golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas