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the tiny fish that built the whole ocean's food pyramid and never gets credit
means A minnow is any of various small freshwater fish, and by extension anything tiny or insignificant in a larger competitive field.
from From Old English 'myne,' the name for a small fish, with possible relatives in Old High German 'munewa.' The familiar form 'minnow' settled in by the Middle English period, and the word later swam beyond the riverbank to label small companies, weak sports teams, and any little fish in a big pond.
- living bait
- Sold by the dozen, swallowed by everything bigger
- family size
- Largest fish family on Earth, thousands of species
- size range
- Some species barely top half an inch
- finance slang
- A small investor next to market whales
- survival trick
- Schools swirl to confuse predators into seeing one mass
for instance
minnetonka minnow — iconic fishing lure made in minnesota since 1912, revolutionized artificial bait
fathead minnow — small fish species widely used in scientific research and aquaculture across north america