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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Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   (a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called
       also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.
   (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); --
       called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.
   (c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.
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