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mul·let  (mlt)

n. pl. mullet or mul·lets

1. Any of various stout-bodied, edible fishes of the family Mugilidae, found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal waters and some freshwater streams. Also called gray mullet.

2. The red mullet.

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[Middle English molet, from Medieval Latin mulettus, probably from Old French mulet, from mul, from Latin mullus, from Greek mullos.]

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mullet

Noun

pl mullets or mullet any of various marine food fishes [Greek mullos]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mullet - highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet gray mullet, grey mullet gray mullet, grey mullet, mullet - freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"
	2.	mullet - freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide gray mullet, grey mullet percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes family Mugilidae, Mugilidae - grey mullets Mugil cephalus, striped mullet - most important commercial mullet in eastern United States Mugil curema, white mullet - silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts liza, Mugil liza - similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region gray mullet, grey mullet, mullet - highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
	3.	mullet - bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin bottom-dweller, bottom-feeder - a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes family Mullidae, Mullidae - goatfishes or red mullets goatfish, Mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet - brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels

Translations

mullet

n mullet [ˈmalit]

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