min·now (m n  )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. [Middle English meneu; see men-4 in Indo-European roots.] |
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]
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| Noun | 1. |  minnow - very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streamscyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales genus Phoxinus, Phoxinus - minnows |
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