minnow

Speech parts

1. minnow - Noun

2. minnow - Verb

Meaning

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Phoxinus phoxinus ray bantam emmet cypher barracuda fry chub midge runt bass fish fly salmon shark
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Antonyms

large star BIG considerable notable substantial
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Hypernyms

fish cyprinid cyprinid fish

Phrases with the word

mud minnow eurasian minnow bog minnow ditch minnow fen minnow marsh minnow

Examples

Freedom for the pike is death for the minnow. R. H. Tawney

(Sylvia at typewriter) What is Newt Gingrich's Real Name? 1) Newton Minnow 2) Fig Newton 3) Isaac Newton 4) Wayne Newton. Nicole Hollander

I'm solitary as a pulled tooth, Lonely as an unwelcome truth, Lost as a minnow out of school, A genius in a crop of fools. Gail Carson Levine

Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper. Darrell Royal

A minnow huddled in the dark, waiting to trap the whales. Robert Silverberg

A lot of the smaller minnow species prefer the shallow, sandy, clearer areas to avoid predators. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

minnit Minniti minnock minnowed minnower Minns