'Shiner' definitions:
Definition of 'shiner'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
Something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
noun
Important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales [syn: common mackerel, shiner, Scomber scombrus]
noun
Any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
Definition of 'Shiner'
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]
Definition of 'Shiner'
From: GCIDE
- Fallfish \Fall"fish`\, n. (Zool.) A fresh-water fish of the United States ({Semotilus bullaris}); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'shiner'
From: GCIDE
- Lepisma \Le*pis"ma\ (l[-e]*p[i^]z"m[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Zool.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species ({Lepisma saccharina}) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture; it feeds on starch and eats sized paper and starched clothes. Called also shiner, silverfish, {silver witch}, silver moth, and furniture bug. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'shiner'
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 'shiner'
From: GCIDE
- Sparada \Spar"a*da\, n. (Zool.) A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner. [1913 Webster]
Shiner, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Shiner, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000) :
2070
Housing Units (2000) :
1016
Land area (2000) :
2.435706 sq. miles (6.308450 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.007164 sq. miles (0.018554 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.442870 sq. miles (6.327004 sq. km)
FIPS code :
67640
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
29.430856 N, 97.172115 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
77984
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.