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noun
A common shiner, a small North American dace of species Luxilus cornutus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: roughhead
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noun
A redfin shiner (Lythrurus umbratilis), of the central US.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of certain species of genus Moxostoma of large suckers of North America, the males having red tail fins during mating season.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: redhorse
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History
From red + fin, having a red dorsal fin, especially males in the breeding season.
