Know Your Next Word : minnow



15. minnow :



noun :

1. Any of the small freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family

2. Someone or something considered insignificant



usage :

  • Compared with the Scottish Parliament, a regional authority in the north-east would indeed be a minnow.(Tony Travers : The Long Struggle : New Statesman (London) : May 20 - 2002.)



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