Minnow
English Meaning
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.
- Any of a large group of small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, widely used as live bait.
- Any of various other small, often silver-colored fishes.