min‧now /ˈmɪnəʊ $ -noʊ/
noun [countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English mynwe]
1. a very small fish that lives in rivers and lakes
2. an organization or company that is small and unimportant:
one of the minnows of the computer industry [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲