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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Minow \Min"ow\, n.
     See {Minnow}.
     [1913 Webster]

















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