miller's-thumb

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   small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America

   Broadersculpin

   Part ofCottus

Questions about miller's-thumb

What does miller's-thumb mean?

miller's-thumb means "small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America".

How many syllables are in miller's-thumb?

miller's-thumb has 3 syllables: mil-ler's--thumb. The stress falls on "mil".

Is miller's-thumb a common word?

miller's-thumb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.