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pikeminnow

noun

Etymology

From pike + minnow.

  1. inherited from *men-✻ — “small”
  2. inherited from *muniwu✻ — “minnow; small fish”
  3. inherited from *mynwe✻
  4. inherited from menew
  5. compounded as pikeminnow — “pike + minnow”

Definitions

  1. Any of the cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, which are voracious predators on…

    Any of the cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, which are voracious predators on small trout and salmon.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA