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Ardea minuta
Crabeater Crab"eat`er (kr[a^]b"[=e]t`[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The cobia. (b) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus). (c) A small European heron (Ardea minuta, and other allied species).
Diminutal
Diminutal Dim`i*nu"tal, a. Indicating or causing diminution. --Earle.
Minutary
Minutary Min"u*ta*ry, a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Solea minuta
Solenette Sole*nette", n. (Zo["o]l.) A small European sole (Solea minuta).
Sterna minuta
Scurrit Scur"rit, n. (Zo["o]l.) the lesser tern (Sterna minuta). [Prov. Eng.]
Sterna minuta
2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. Opossum shrimp. (Zo["o]l.) See under Opossum. Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zo["o]l.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under L[ae]modopoda. Shrimp catcher (Zo["o]l.), the little tern (Sterna minuta). Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.
Sterna minuta
Fairy Fair"y, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. Fairy bird (Zo["o]l.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern. Fairy bluebird. (Zo["o]l.) See under Bluebird. Fairy martin (Zo["o]l.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. Fairy rings or circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. Fairy shrimp (Zo["o]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.
Tringa minuta
Stint Stint, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume. (b) A phalarope.

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- great frigatebird, Fregata minor minuta L small dwarf waterclover, Marsilea minuta, little cuckoo, Coccycua minuta; little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus...
- The little stint (Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta) is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering...
- Zephyranthes minuta is a plant species very often referred to as Zephyranthes grandiflora, including in Flora of North America. The latter is, however...
- C. minuta may refer to: Calidris minuta, the little stint, a very small wader species Calluella minuta, a frog species endemic to Malaysia Catocala minuta...
- Tagetes minuta is a tall upright marigold plant from the genus Tagetes, with small flowers, native to the southern half of South America. Since Spanish...
- L. minuta may refer to: Lemna minuta, the least duckweed, an aquatic plant species native to parts of the Americas Lyces minuta, a moth species endemic...
- Some species have become naturalized around the world. One species, T. minuta, is considered a noxious invasive plant in some areas. Tagetes species vary...
- P. minuta may refer to: Plethodontohyla minuta, a frog species endemic to Madagascar Pseudis minuta, a frog species found in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay...
- N. minuta may refer to: Naticopsis minuta, an extinct sea snail species in the genus Naticopsis and the family Neritopsidae Neohoratia minuta, a very small...
- Dicyrtomina minuta is a species of globular springtails in the family Dicyrtomidae. "Dicyrtomina minuta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...