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golden shiner
noun
- a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of golden shiner1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
Hubbs and Ortenburger (1929b:89) observed that the golden shiner prefers sluggish water.
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Golden Shiner proceeded to fill his minnow bucket with lively minnows, using for the purpose an umbrella-like folding net.
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Golden Shiner was not slow to perceive the force of the Doctor's arguments and held his peace.
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Temperature-controlled variation in the golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas.
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