'Notropis megalops' definitions:
Definition of 'Notropis megalops'
From: GCIDE
- Redfin \Red"fin`\ (-f?n`), n. (Zool.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Notropis megalops'
From: GCIDE
- Shiner \Shin"er\, n. That which shines. Specifically: (a) A luminary. (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- Has she the shiners, d' ye think? --Foote. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] (c) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin ({Notropis megalops}), and the golden shiner ({Notemigonus chrysoleucus}) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d) (Zool.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug. [1913 Webster]
- Blunt-nosed shiner (Zool.), the silver moonfish. [1913 Webster]