Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichthyology, a genus of small cyprinoid fishes; the true minnows, of small size, tapering form, and brilliant colors, the lateral line incomplete if present, the dorsal fin behind the ventrals, and the mouth without barbels.
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- noun minnows
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Common fishes include: Naemacheilus barbatulus, Phoxinus phoxinus, Cottus poecilopus, Cottus sibiricus, Hucho taimen, and Brachymystax lenok.
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They all spawn in pools left by the overflowing of rivers, and near to reedy places in marshes; as for instance the phoxinus or minnow and the perch.
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But the Minnow, _C. phoxinus_, is the jolliest little fish in the tank.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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