The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shiner \Shin"er\, n.
   That which shines. Specifically:
   (a) A luminary.
   (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]
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             Has she the shiners, d' ye think?    --Foote.
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   (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.
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   Blunt-nosed shiner (Zool.), the silver moonfish.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sparada \Spar"a*da\, n. (Zool.)
   A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); --
   called also shiner.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shiner
    n 1: a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye [syn:
         shiner, black eye, mouse]
    2: something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
    3: 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]
    4: any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes
       especially of the genus Notropis

U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

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.
   Headwords:
    Shiner, TX
    Shiner