Brewer's: Miller's Thumb

(A). A small fish, four or five inches long, so called from its resemblance to a miller's thumb. The fish is also called Bullhead, from its large head.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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