minnow : Idioms & Phrases


Mud minnow

  • (Zoöl.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus Umbra, as U. limi. The genus is allied to the pickerels.
Webster 1913

Top minnow

  • (Zoöl.), a small viviparous fresh-water fish (Gambusia patruelis) abundant in the Southern United States. Also applied to other similar species.
Webster 1913