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minnow noun

  /ˈmɪnoʊ/ , /ˈmɪnəʊ/
  • The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.
 mutu
  • Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae; also (chiefly, US) , other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families.
 karppi, pikkukala, sintti, vaappu
  • (figuratively) A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
 pikkutekijä
  • (fishing) An artificial bait in the form of a small fish.
 vaappu

minnow verb

  /ˈmɪnoʊ/ , /ˈmɪnəʊ/
  • To fish for minnows (noun sense 1 and subsenses).
 kalastaa pikkukaloja, kalastaa sinttejä
  • To fish, especially for trout, using minnows as bait.
 kalastaa pikkukaloja, kalastaa sinttejä, kalastaa vaapulla
common minnow
mutu
White Cloud Mountain minnow
kardinaalikala
minnow family
särkikalat
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