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EMERALD SHINER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emerald shiner mean? 

EMERALD SHINER (noun)
  The noun EMERALD SHINER has 1 sense:

1. small blunt-nosed fish of Great Lakes and Mississippi valley with a greenish lusterplay

  Familiarity information: EMERALD SHINER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EMERALD SHINER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small blunt-nosed fish of Great Lakes and Mississippi valley with a greenish luster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

emerald shiner; Notropis atherinoides

Hypernyms ("emerald shiner" is a kind of...):

shiner (any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis)


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