MINIVER
Min"i*ver, n. Etym: [See Meniver.]
Defn: A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different animals.
MINIVET
Min"i*vet, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A singing bird of India of the family Campephagidæ.
MINK
Mink, n. Etym: [Cf. 2d Minx.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A carnivorous mammal of the genus Putorius, allied to the weasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common American mink (P. vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison.
MINNESINGER
Min"ne*sing`er, n. Etym: [G., fr. minne love + singen to sing.]
Defn: A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses.
MINNOW Min"now, n. Etym: [OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse, OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute.] [Written also minow.]
1. (Zoöl.)