1
: one that shines
2
: a silvery fish
especially
: any of numerous small freshwater American cyprinid fishes (especially genus Notropis) compare golden shiner
Examples of shiner in a Sentence
He got a shiner during a fight at school.
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Had genetic analysis not been done to determine the parentage of these fish, appearances would have suggested that the red shiner had just pushed its relatives out.
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Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
Intriguingly, many of the hybrids most closely resemble the red shiner—a phenomenon called cryptic introgression.
—Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
In an emotional scene between Roger and Aren, Roger tells the story of going to see his dad, a shoe shiner, in town as a child and witnessing a white man spit on his dad’s head.
—Gloria Alamrew, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024
Minnows: Big minnows, such as fatheads, shiners, or shadlings, run neck-and-neck with nightcrawlers as top-notch ‘eye bait.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
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Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
Intriguingly, many of the hybrids most closely resemble the red shiner—a phenomenon called cryptic introgression.
—Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
In an emotional scene between Roger and Aren, Roger tells the story of going to see his dad, a shoe shiner, in town as a child and witnessing a white man spit on his dad’s head.
—Gloria Alamrew, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024
Minnows: Big minnows, such as fatheads, shiners, or shadlings, run neck-and-neck with nightcrawlers as top-notch ‘eye bait.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
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“Shiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shiner. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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