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min·now  (mn)

n. pl. minnow or min·nows

1. Any of a large group of small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, widely used as live bait.

2. Any of various other small, often silver-colored fishes.

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[Middle English meneu; see men-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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minnow [ˈmɪnəʊ]

n pl -nows, -now

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small slender European freshwater cyprinid fish, Phoxinus phoxinus

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any other small cyprinid

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) Angling a spinning lure imitating a minnow

4. a small or insignificant person

[related to Old English myne minnow; compare Old High German muniwa fish]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

minnow - very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams Phoxinus phoxinus cyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales genus Phoxinus, Phoxinus - minnows

Translations

minnow [ˈmɪnəʊ] N (minnow or minnows (pl)) → pececillo m (de agua dulce)

minnow [ˈmɪnəʊ] n (= small fish) → vairon m

minnow

n → Elritze f