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Meanings of minnow in English

Very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams.

        A fish (Phoxinus phoxinus) of the family Cyprinidae.

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              Usage of minnow in English
              1
              Benin Take a trip across the savannah of this west African minnow.
              The South African
              2
              He left his bail open, so that the minnow could swim away.
              Second glance
              3
              But it was in size to that as-asLeviathan to a minnow.
              The Metal Monster
              4
              The minnow monopolist jerked his lines clear of impending entanglement and scowled.
              A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
              5
              It was the same minnow that caught the fish back in 2006.
              The Irish Times
              6
              Jimmy dropped his minnow beside the Kingfisher stump, and let it sink.
              At the Foot of the Rainbow
              7
              This is like looking for a silver minnow in the rice paddies.
              The windup girl
              8
              John's obscenity was caught among the tentacles and struggled like a minnow.
              Spellwright
              9
              Why settle for a minnow when you can have a big-mouth bass?
              Hearts of grey
              10
              Joan stuck a finger in her ear and out popped a minnow.
              Brains: a zombie memoir
              11
              The Irish market outperformed Europe today, as the Iseq's minnow stocks surged ahead.
              The Irish Times
              12
              Telecommunications company Spark has made an offer to buy out market minnow TeamTalk.
              Radio NZ
              13
              In reality, Butler had let him go, as a fisherman would a minnow.
              Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
              14
              It would be like the minnow claiming fellowship with the leviathan.
              Medoline Selwyn's Work
              15
              Weirdly, it's the minnow of the industry that's the most interesting -Pebble.
              The Irish Times
              16
              I think I was seven when the last Eastern European minnow won it.
              The Guardian
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