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Minnow
Meaning
Noun
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In Gasterosteiform fish, Leuciscine fish & Smelts:
Any small fish.
The
(Phoxinus phoxinus), a small
of the
family Cyprinidae which has a
back with
,
in large shoals.
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In American English, Gasterosteiform fish, Leuciscine fish & Smelts:
Any small fish.
Chiefly with a
: any of
other (small)
from the family Cyprinidae; also (chiefly US), other small (usually
)
from other families.
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In Australian English, New Zealand English, Gasterosteiform fish, Leuciscine fish & Smelts:
Any small fish.
Synonym of
(“any
of the family Galaxiidae of mostly small
of the Southern Hemisphere”);
, the common
,
, or
(Galaxias maculatus).
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In British English, Regional English, Gasterosteiform fish, Leuciscine fish & Smelts:
Any small fish.
Synonym of
(family Gasterosteidae).
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In Fishing & Fishing:
Adj
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Very small; tiny.
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