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Uranidea gobio

Miller \Mill"er\ (m[i^]l"[~e]r), n.

  1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.

  2. A milling machine.

  3. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. 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.

    2. The eagle ray.

    3. The hen harrier. [Prov. Eng.] Miller's thumb. (Zo["o]l.)

      1. 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.

      2. A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]

Uranidea gobio

Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n.

  1. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. Uranidea gobio of Europe, and Uranidea Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb.

    2. In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.

    3. A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. The black-bellied plover ( Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.

    2. The golden plover.

  3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.]
    --Jonson.

  4. (Zo["o]l.) A small black water insect.
    --E. Phillips.

    Bullhead whiting (Zo["o]l.), the kingfish of Florida ( Menticirrus alburnus).