miller

4 definitions found

miller - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
         Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
     (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
         narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
         Skate.
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     Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
        (Aetobatus narinari syn. Stoasodon narinari) of the
        Southern United States and the West Indies; also called
        the spotted eagle ray and white-spotted eagle ray.
  
     Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray
        (Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins.
        
  
     Devil ray. See Sea Devil.
  
     Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatidae, or
        Aetobatidae. The common European species (Myliobatis  aquila
        ) is called also whip ray, and miller.
  
     Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo.
  
     Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata).
  
     Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the
        family Trygonidae having one or more large, sharp,
        barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
        stingaree.
        [1913 Webster]

  Miller \Mill"er\ (m[i^]l"[~e]r), n.
     1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
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     2. A milling machine.
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     3. (Zool.)
        (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.]
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Miller's thumb. (Zool.)
        (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. [Prov. Eng.]
            [1913 Webster]

miller - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Miller
      n 1: United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
           [syn: Miller, Glenn Miller, Alton Glenn Miller]
      2: United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as
         pornographic (1891-1980) [syn: Miller, Henry Miller,
         Henry Valentine Miller]
      3: United States playwright (1915-2005) [syn: Miller, Arthur   Miller
         ]
      4: someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
      5: machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is
         fed against rotating cutters that shape it [syn: miller,
         milling machine]
      6: any of various moths that have powdery wings [syn: moth   miller
         , miller]

miller - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Miller, MO (city, FIPS 48242)
    Location: 37.21531 N, 93.84032 W
    Population (1990): 753 (365 housing units)
    Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 65707
  Miller, NE (village, FIPS 32130)
    Location: 40.92699 N, 99.39054 W
    Population (1990): 130 (66 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68858
  Miller, SD (city, FIPS 42460)
    Location: 44.51995 N, 98.98766 W
    Population (1990): 1678 (877 housing units)
    Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 57362