minnow

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for minnow

minnow 🔊 /mɪˈnow/

minnow : තිත්තයන් වැනි කුඩා මිරිදිය මාලු වර්ගයක්

minnow definition

Noun.

  1. A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus laevis, 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. Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related generAdjective. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog.