Definition of Golden shiner

1. Noun. Shiner of eastern North America having golden glints; sometimes also called 'bream'.

Exact synonyms: Notemigonus Crysoleucas
Generic synonyms: Shiner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golden Shiner

golden plover
golden plovers
golden polypody
golden pothos
golden potto
golden ragwort
golden rain
golden ratio
golden retriever
golden rice
golden rule
golden rules
golden saxifrage
golden seal
golden section
golden shiner (current term)
golden shower tree
golden showers
golden sombrero
golden spleen
golden staph
golden star
golden stars
golden syrup
golden thistle
golden thread
golden ticket
golden touch
golden trumpet

Literary usage of Golden shiner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"The proper way to hook a minnow is through the lips," continued golden shiner, " especially for casting. One can give a more natural motion to the minnow on ..."

2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"The proper way to hook a minnow is through the lips," continued golden shiner, " especially for casting. One can give a more natural motion to the minnow on ..."

3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"The proper way to hook a minnow is through the lips," continued golden shiner, " especially for casting. One can give a more natural motion to the minnow on ..."

4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"Again there are certain differences. These differences are the absence of certain fish—the Johnny darter, the golden shiner, the straw- colored minnow and ..."

5. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"Roach or golden shiner. the change of environment, and to being rather easily ... The roach, or golden shiner (Fig. 30), is also an admirable fish for pools ..."

6. American Game Fishes: Their Habits, Habitat, and Peculiarities; How, When by W. A. Perry (1892)
""The bait is fastened on by first killing the minnow, or golden shiner, and putting the lip-hook through both lips of the minnow; then bend the bait and put ..."

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