Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Miliary

Miliary (?; 277) , adjective

[Latin miliarius, from milium millet: compare French miliaire.]

1.
Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.
2.
(Medicine) Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever.
3.
(Zoology) Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini.

Miliary , noun

(Zoology) One of the small tubercles of Echini.