Words Like MINNOW

We have put together a list of words that are similar to MINNOW.

3 Alternative Words Similar to minnow

1 Minim Noun      Variant Words Like Minim
2 Killifish Noun      Variant Words Like Killifish
3 Mummichog Noun      Variant Words Like Mummichog

10 definitions of minnow

1 A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus lævis, 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.
2 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.
3 very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
4 Any of a large group of small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, widely used as live bait.
5 Any of various other small, often silver-colored fishes.
6 The smallest of the British cyprinoid fishes, Phoxinus aphya or lævis.
7 In the United States, one of many different fishes of small size,
8 A name sometimes given to a very small fish of New Zealand, Galaxias attenuatus, of the family Galaxidæ. Also called whitebait. The Maori name is inanga.
9 See leatherside.
10 A small freshwater fish of the carp family.
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