·noun The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula).
II. Miner ·noun Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies.
III. Miner ·noun One who mines; a digger for metals, ·etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners.