Definitions
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- proper noun A genus of fish, archetypically including the
minnow .
Etymologies
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From New Latin phoxinus, from Ancient Greek φοξῖνος (phoxinos, "minnow")
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Common fishes include: Naemacheilus barbatulus, Phoxinus phoxinus, Cottus poecilopus, Cottus sibiricus, Hucho taimen, and Brachymystax lenok.
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