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shiner
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a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
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Other meanings
2. noun
something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
3. noun
important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
4. noun
any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
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