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(min′ō)

noun pl. minnows or minnow

any of various, usually small, freshwater cyprinoid fishes used commonly as bait
any very small fish

Origin: ME menow < or akin to OE myne, akin to OHG muniwa, prob. < IE base *meni-, a kind of fish > Gr mainē, Russ men', eelpout

Also Informal, Dialectalminny

See minnow in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. minnow minnow or min·nows

Any of a large group of small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, widely used as live bait.
Any of various other small, often silver-colored fishes.

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Origin: Middle English meneu; see men-⁴ in Indo-European roots

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