COMMON SHINER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common shiner mean? 

• COMMON SHINER (noun)
  The noun COMMON SHINER has 1 sense:

1. the common North American shiner

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON SHINER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The common North American shiner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common shiner; Notropis cornutus; silversides

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

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

Holonyms ("common shiner" is a member of...):

genus Notropis; Notropis (shiners)