NANFA-- Re: nanfa V1 #1306

Dave McNeely (dlmcneely_at_lunet.edu)
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:41:37 -0500

In ichthyology, "minnow" used alone is a member of the family cyprinidae.
With a modifier, it may be part of the common name of a species in another
family, but ASIS and AFS have been discouraging such usage with their joint
Committee on Names.

Dave McNeely

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From: "nanfa" <owner-nanfa-digest_at_aquaria.net>
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Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:08 PM
Subject: nanfa V1 #1306

>
> nanfa Saturday, June 22 2002 Volume 01 : Number
1306
> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 21:26:54 -0400
> From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Words based on fish names
>
> Interesting list. But I had always thought that the word minnow was
derived
> from the Latin word "minimus", meaning small, especially since it's a not
> very exact term for a large group of fishes.
>
> - --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
> >Summary:
> >minnow (MIN-o) noun
> >
> > 1. Any of the small freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family.
> >
> > 2. Someone or something considered insignificant.
> >
> >[Ultimately from Old High German munewa, a kind of fish, via Old English
> >and Middle English.]

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