Mill"er (m&ibreve;l"&etilde;r), n. 1. One who keeps or
attends a flour mill or gristmill.
2. A milling machine.
3.
(Zoöl.) (a) 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.
(b) The eagle ray. (c) 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.]
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