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noun
1.
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
2.
a mechanical device used in mining: a miner for extracting ores from the ocean floor.
3.
any of several Australian birds of the genus Manorina, feeding on honey and typically having a loud call.
4.
any of various insect larvae that create tunnels in the parenchyma of leaves.
5.
(formerly) a person who places or lays military or naval mines.
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Miner
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| miner (ˈmaɪnə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who works in a mine |
| 2. | Also called: continuous miner a large machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, esp coal, from a mine |
| 3. | See also leaf miner any of various insects or insect larvae that bore into and feed on plant tissues |
| 4. | (Austral) See noisy miner any of several honey-eaters of the genus Manorina, esp M. melanocephala (noisy miner), of scrub regions |
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