Minnows

Word MINNOWS
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Definitions and meanings of "Minnows"

What do we mean by minnows?

A small freshwater fish of the carp family, Phoxinus phoxinus.

Any small fish.

A relatively small and insignificant person or organization.

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The word "minnows" in example sentences

Now the two male white mountain minnows are battling it out for squating rights of the cool new space I opened up under the filter. ❋ Lyda222 (2009)

They did not have white cloud mountain minnows either by that name or by white cloud danio, so I headed to the fish store on University with Madagascar, some kitty litter, a water softening pillow for my tetra, and some other odds and ends in my passenger side seat. ❋ Lyda222 (2008)

My poor, dumb white mountain minnows once again have laid eggs. ❋ Lyda222 (2008)

Look for the "rain minnows" small shiners dimpling the surface, snook won't be far behind ready to bust them. ❋ Tim Romano (2007)

White cloud mountain minnows (that’s their common name, the scientific name is tanichthys albonubes – I only remember it because the urban legend is that they were discovered by Chinese Boy Scout named Tan, thus “tan’s fish” = tanichthys.) ❋ Lyda222 (2008)

The International Cricket Council has reversed its decision to cut the number of teams in the 2015 World Cup, throwing a lifeline to the so-called minnows who were fast heading down the international sporting plughole. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I have seen and been involved in a lot of games like that one, and odd as this may sound the so-called minnows can be quite difficult to play. ❋ Unknown (2011)

-- Go to the river or pond, and with a small net (a piece of old mosquito bar will do) collect a dozen or more of the small fishes known as minnows, and put them in your cistern, and in ❋ Barkham Burroughs (N/A)

The competitiveness of the so called "minnows" has been one of the more welcome features of the first two weeks of the eighth World Cup in a sport where a handful of heavyweights have for so long dominated. ❋ NICK MULVENNEY Auckland Reuters (2011)

Besides the gross unfairness of sacrificing the so-called "minnows" on the altar of broadcasting schedules - the rights-holding television companies who finance this competition want the big teams playing at weekends, when viewing figures can be maximised - there are now concerns in some quarters that four-day gaps may pose a threat to well-being. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Organizers say these countries, often called the minnows, are admitted to the Cup to try to increase the popularity of rugby worldwide. ❋ By VICTOR MATHER (2011)

England are being surpassed by what they used to call the minnows of this world. ❋ Paul Wilson (2011)

MACDONALD Not at all, due to the fact that the so-called minnows have done well throughout the tournament, giving the top teams a real go. ❋ By VICTOR MATHER (2011)

He describes on his blog the "giant fish" of the public intellectuals in the blogosphere pond, then the "big fish" who feed them and the unqualified "minnows" -- the amateurs -- and the way they interact in the blogosphere: "To more effectively attack someone's reputation they ... rely on the minnows of the blogosphere, people who see it as their sole job to 'trash' someone's reputation via innuendo, fabrication and outright misrepresentation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yes, it's even better when the "minnows", playing their "ugly, negative football" can consistently do a good job against GREAT teams from Central America, and Mexico. ❋ Duane Rollins (2009)

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