n. [ OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse, OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute. ] [ Written also minow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog. [ 1913 Webster ]
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