Minnow Definition

mĭnō
minnows
noun
minnows
Any of various, usually small, freshwater cyprinoid fishes used commonly as bait.
Webster's New World
Any very small fish.
Webster's New World
(soccer) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.
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Synonyms:
  • Phoxinus phoxinus
verb
(fishing) To fish minnows.
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(fishing) To fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait.

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Other Word Forms of Minnow

Noun

Singular:
minnow
Plural:
minnows

Origin of Minnow

  • From Middle English menow, from Old English *mynwe, oblique form of *mynu, unattested variant of Old English myne (“minnow, small fish"), from Proto-Germanic *muniwō (“minnow"), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small"). Cognate with Middle Low German mone, möne (West Frisian meun, Dutch meun), Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (German Münne (“minnow")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English meneu men-4 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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