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单词 miller's thumb
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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
miller's thumb n
  1. any of several small freshwater European fishes of the genus Cottus, esp C. gobio, having a flattened body: family Cottidae (bullheads, etc)
Etymology: 15th Century: from the alleged likeness of the fish's head to a thumb
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mill•er's-thumb  (mil′ərz thum′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fishany of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
  • 1400–50; late Middle English milneres thume; the fish is so called from its thumblike head
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