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Look up minnow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Minnow may be Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

  • a small frog
  • a type of small fish. In decreasing order of specificity:
  • for fish, in regional usage, it can refer to:
    • the stickleback, another type of freshwater fish (term used in parts of Britain)
    • the Danionins from south east Asia
  • S. S. Minnow, the wrecked boat featured in the television series Gilligan's Island.

Binomial name Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is a species of freshwater fish. ... Genera (many, see text) The family Cyprinidae, named after the Greek word for goldfish, consists of the carps and minnows. ... Genera  Acantharchus  Ambloplites  Archoplites  Centrarchus  Enneacanthus  Lepomis  Micropterus  Pomoxis Sunfish range The sunfishes are a family (Centrarchidae) of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. ... Genera Galaxias Lepidogalaxias Neochanna The Galaxiidae is a family of freshwater fishes of Gondwana origin. ... Species See text Galaxiid is a genus of freshwater fish. ... Bait is any substance used to attract prey, e. ... Genera Apeltes Culaea Gasterosteus Pungitius Spinachia The Gasterosteidae are a family of fishes including the Sticklebacks. ... Species of Danionin Danio Danio albolineatus Danio abolineatus var pulcher Danio abolineatus var tweediei Danio choprae Danio dangila Danio feegradei Danio kerri Danio kyathit var spotted Danio kyathit var striped Danio meghalayensis Danio nigrofasciatus Danio roseus Danio rerio Danio rerio var frankei Danio sp aff kerri Danio sp aff kyathit... see main article Gilligans Island Island Charter - Exotic Trip - Free Lunches The S. S. Minnow was a fictional charter boat on the TV series Gilligans Island. ... An underdog is a person or group in a competition, frequently in electoral politics, sports, and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose. ... Katherine Louise Rawls (later Katherine Rawls Thompson, June 14, 1917 (?[1]) in Nashville, Tennessee[2] – April 8, 1982) was a multiple United States national champion in swimming and diving in the 1930s. ...

See also

  • Chub, European chub (Leuciscus cephalus) or several North American genera
  • Dace, another term for many small cyprinid fish
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Minnow - LoveToKnow 1911 (158 words)
MINNOW (Leuciscus phoxinus), the smallest British fish of the Cyprinoid family, readily distinguished by its very minute scales.
The British minnow abounds in lakes, rivers and brooks, swimming in schools, and shifting its ground in search of food, in the shape of every kind of animal and vegetable substance.
The minnow is commonly used by anglers for bait, and is useful in ponds as food for trout, perch or pike.
S.S. Minnow (790 words)
Minnow three has been found and is now owned by a delightful Scotsman named Scotty Taylor and he resides on Vancouver Island in British Columbia (Canada).
It's certified as a 40' boat because in America the measurement is taken from the outline of the deck.
The Minnow is docked at Schooner's Cove Marina in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island and it available for public viewing.
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