uranidea gobio

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uranidea gobio - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
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     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.]
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  Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n.
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) 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.
        (b) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called
            also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.
        (c) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); --
            called also beetlehead.
        (b) The golden plover.
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     3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson.
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     4. (Zool.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips.
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     Bullhead whiting (Zool.), the kingfish of Florida
        (Menticirrus alburnus).
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