Definitions from Wiktionary (minnow)

▸ noun:  Any small fish.
▸ noun:  The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.
▸ noun:  Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae; also (chiefly US), other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families.
▸ noun:  (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of galaxiid (“any member of the family Galaxiidae of mostly small freshwater fish of the Southern Hemisphere”); specifically, the common galaxias, inanga, or jollytail (Galaxias maculatus).
▸ noun:  (British, regional) Synonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).
▸ noun:  (figuratively) A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
▸ noun:  (fishing) An artificial bait in the form of a small fish.
▸ adjective:  (rare) Very small; tiny.
▸ verb:  To fish for minnows (noun sense 1 and subsenses).
▸ verb:  To fish, especially for trout, using minnows as bait.
▸ Also see minnow

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