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noun, plural (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -nows, (especially collectively, Rare) -now for 1, 2, 3.
1.
a small, European cyprinoid fish, Phoxinus phoxinus.
2.
any other fish of the family Cyprinidae, including the carps, goldfishes, and daces.
3.
any of various unrelated, small fishes.
4.
a person or thing that is comparatively small or insignificant.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English minwe, Old English *mynwe (feminine) for myne (masculine); cognate with Old High German munewa kind of fish
1325–75; Middle English minwe, Old English *mynwe (feminine) for myne (masculine); cognate with Old High German munewa kind of fish
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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minnow
c.1420, probably related to O.E. myne, earlier *mynwe, a name for some kind of fish, from P.Gmc. *muniwon (cf. M.L.G. möne, Du. meun, O.H.G. mun(i)wa, Ger. Münne), of unknown origin. Perhaps infl. in M.E. by Fr. menu "small."
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