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Min"ny (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A minnow.

Mi"no bird" (mī"n&osl; b&etilde;rd). [Hind.
mainā.] (Zoöl.) An Asiatic bird
(Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a
white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the
head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words.

Mi"nor (mī"n&etilde;r), a. [L., a
comparative with no positive; akin to AS. min small, G.
minder less, OHG. minniro, a., min, adv., Icel.
minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth. minniza, a.,
mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L.
minuere to lessen, Gr. miny`qein, Skr. mi to
damage. Cf. Minish, Minister, Minus,
Minute.]

1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance,
etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of
a body.

2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in
interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.


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