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Minim \Min"im\, a.
Minute. "Minim forms." --J. R. Drake.
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Minim \Min"im\, n. [F. minime, L. minimus the least, smallest, a
superl. of minor: cf. It. minima a note in music. See
{Minor}, and cf. Minimum.]
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1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; --
applied to animalcula; and the like.
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2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the
sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, equal to one
four-hundred-eightieth of a fluid ounce, or 0.06161
milliliter (U. S. measure) or 0.05919 milliliters (British
measure).
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3. (Zool.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Milton.
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5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits
or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of
Paola.
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6. (Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half
note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or
crotchets.
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7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Minnow \Min"now\, n. [OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse,
OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute.] [Written
also {minow}.]
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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}.
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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}.
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