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The Clue
Bait fish (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SHINER
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Notes
The answer SHINER is uncommon, appearing about once every 450 puzzles.
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Definition
SHINER as a noun:
1. (shiner, black eye, mouse) = a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
2. something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
3. (common mackerel, shiner, Scomber scombrus) = important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
4. any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis