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Look up: minnow

  1. minnow
    [n] - very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. minnow
    a live or artificial minnow used as a bait in fishing. Category: Botany and zoology
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Minnow
    Min'now noun [ Middle English menow , confer Anglo-Saxon myne ; also Middle English menuse , Old French menuise small fish; akin to English minish , minute .] [ Written also minow .] 1. (Zoo...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/70

  4. minnow
    1. <zoology> 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,...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. minnow
    noun very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Minnow
    • (n.) 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...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. minnow
    in North America, any of various small fishes, especially those of the carp family, Cyprinidae. The name minnow is also applied to mud minnows ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/97

  8. minnow
    minnow, common name for the Cyprinidae, a large family of freshwater fish which includes the carp (Cyprinus carpio), and of which there are some 300 American species. The European minnow is Phoxinus phoxinus. Minnows have soft-rayed fins and teeth in the throat only. Together with the closely allied...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08333

  9. Minnow
    The minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus) is a species of fish of the carp family. They rarely grow longer than 7 cm and are often used as bait for catching trout.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. minnow
    Any of various small freshwater fishes of the carp family, found in streams and ponds worldwide. Most species are small and dull in colour, but some are brightly coloured. They feed on larvae and insects. (Family Cyprinidae.)
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  11. Minnow
    `Minnow` is a general term used to refer to small freshwater and saltwater fish, especially those used as bait fish or for fishing bait. More specifically, it refers to small freshwater fish of the carp family. True minnows: Smaller fish in the subfamily Leuciscinae are considered to be "true&q...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnow



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