'Minnow' definitions:
Definition of 'minnow'
From: WordNet
noun
Very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams [syn: minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus]
Definition of 'Minnow'
From: GCIDE
- Minnow \Min"now\, n. [OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse, OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute.] [Written also minow.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Zool.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus, Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'minnow'
From: GCIDE
- Killifish \Kil"li*fish`\, n. (Zool.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'minnow'
From: GCIDE