minnow
Any small fish.
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.
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.
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).
Synonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).
A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
a team that is considered less skilled and not expected to win many, if any, of its matches.
An artificial bait in the form of a small fish.
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