MILLER
noun
Definitions
- 1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
- 2. A milling machine.
- 3. A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also moth miller.
- 4. The eagle ray.
- 5. The hen harrier. [Prov. Eng.] Miller's thumb. (Zoöl.) (a) A small fresh-water fish of the genus Uranidea (formerly Cottus), as the European species (U. gobio), and the American (U. gracilis); -- called also bullhead. (b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff- chaff, and long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025