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:
minnowsOrigin of Minnow
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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")).
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Middle English meneu men-4 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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