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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Minnow  \Min"now\,  n.  [OE.  menow,  cf  AS  myne;  also  OE  menuse, 
  OF  menuise  small  fish;  akin  to  E.  minish,  minute.]  [Written 
  also  {minow}.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  small  European  fresh-water  cyprinoid  fish 
  ({Phoxinus  l[ae]vis},  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.  (Zo["o]l.)  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Minny  \Min"ny\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  minnow.