minnow

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams

Word Origin

minnow (n.)
small freshwater fish, early 15c., probably related to Old English myne, earlier *mynwe, a name for some kind of fish, from Proto-Germanic *muniwon (cognates: Middle Low German möne, Dutch meun, Old High German muniwa, German Münne), of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE *men- "small." Perhaps influenced in Middle English by French menu "small."

Example

1. Now does that make me a minnow ?

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