The Collaborative International Dictionary
Minnow \Min"now\, n. [OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse, OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute.] [Written also minow.]
(Zo["o]l.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish ( Phoxinus l[ae]vis, 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.
(Zo["o]l.) 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.
Wiktionary
n. A minnow.
Usage examples of "minny".
He sent Musica and Pricer two blocks to the south and gave them instructions to have their minnies search the bases of houses in a two-block stretch east and west from there.
So while Bingh and Wehrli got all the intelligence they could from the operations office, Musica and Pricer would direct the minnies in a search for the personnel office.
Bingh knew that Musica and Pricer would have their two minnies constantly on the move unless one of them found something he needed to know, so he looked closely at what the stationary minnie was viewing.
Marines had had their minnies examine were little more than false fronts, hiding amphibious vehicles.
He sent it to find the hatch and gave control of the other two minnies to Musica and Pricer.
Five minutes later, all the minnies had been retrieved and first squad was descending the side of the schoolhouse.
Junior was debating the usefulness of metaphysics with William James, John Gray, and Minny Temple over gin toddies and cigars.