名詞 minnow:

1. very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
   同義詞：Phoxinus phoxinus

1. These criminals arrested by the police are only minnows, their leader has escaped.
   這些被警察抓住的犯罪分子只是些小魚，他們的頭子卻跑掉了。

min.now

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 minnow 或 min.nows
Any of a large group of small, freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, widely used as live bait.
米諾魚：鯉科中大量小淡水魚，被廣泛用作活餌
Any of various other small, often silver-colored fishes.
銀色小魚：其它任何小的常為銀色的小魚

來源：
Middle English meneu * see men- 4
中古英語 meneu *參見 men- 4