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MILLER'S-THUMB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does miller's-thumb mean?
• MILLER'S-THUMB (noun)
The noun MILLER'S-THUMB has 1 sense:
1. small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America
Familiarity information: MILLER'S-THUMB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("miller's-thumb" is a kind of...):
sculpin (any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths)
Holonyms ("miller's-thumb" is a member of...):
Cottus; genus Cottus (type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins)
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