From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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