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US
/ˈmɪnoʊ/
]
[ UK /mˈɪnəʊ/ ]
[ UK /mˈɪnəʊ/ ]
NOUN
- very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
How To Use minnow In A Sentence
- Named Danionella dracula, this new minnow is part of the group called Cypriniformes (carp-like fishes), one of the largest orders of fishes and a close relative of the zebrafish. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- In contrast to the general picture in the technology sector, data storage minnow InTechnology recently had to put out a cautionary note that its profits were likely to be ‘significantly ahead’ of general stock market expectations.
- They certainly deserved it, the Northern Counties East League minnows having produced a display well above their station.
- It looks to me through the hydroscope, at this distance, exactly like a tiny, silvery minnow. Police!!!
- dippy"; but he knew the ways of fish, from whales to minnows. Killykinick
- 1 minnow alone could over winter in a 15 litre tank indoors yes… but it would be best to release the shubunkins into the larger built in pond for the winter:) how deep is the underground pond?
- Juveniles of rotan are seldom predators, adults feed mostly on fish; young of rotan, bitterlings, minnows.
- Feeling rather like a whale among minnows, I found myself in the middle of schools of small green damselfish and a host of mainly yellow and blue angelfish, bannerfish and butterfly fish.
- In one study, U.S. and Canadian government scientists purposely contaminated an experimental lake in Ontario with around 5 nanograms per liter of ethynyl estradiol, and studied the effects on the lake's fathead minnow population, a common species that fish like lake trout and northern pike feed on. YubaNet.com
- Rolled muddlers, tied-down minnows, mickey finns, chum and coho fry are just a few of the patterns soon to be presented by eager fly-fishers.