Found 2 items, similar to Minnow.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: minnow
minnow
n : very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly
streams [syn:
Phoxinus phoxinus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Minnow
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. (Zo["o]l.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish
(
Phoxinus l[ae]vis, 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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]