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NOUN (6)

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]


The 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. [1913 Webster] 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]
The 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A milling machine. [1913 Webster] 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]