Miller
Miller (mil"ẽr) , noun
1.
One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
2.
A milling machine.
3.
(a) (Zoology) 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)
(Zoology) The eagle ray.
(c)
(Zoology) The hen harrier. [Provincial English]
Collocations (1)
Miller's thumb (Zoology) , (a) A small fresh-water fish of the genus Uranidea (formerly Cottus), as the European species (Uranidea gobio), and the American (Uranidea gracilis); -- called also bullhead. (b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and long-tailed tit. [Provincial English]