miller's-thumb

1. 1.

   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 and divides as mil-ler's--thumb under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.