| red mullet n. See goatfish. |
red mullet
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of the marine percoid fishes constituting the family Mullidae, esp Mullus surmuletus, a food fish of European waters. They have a pair of long barbels beneath the chin and a reddish coloration US name goatfish
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| Noun | 1. |  red mullet - brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbelsmullet - bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin genus Mullus, Mullus - type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes Mullus auratus, red goatfish - body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side Mulloidichthys martinicus, yellow goatfish - schooling goatfish; greyish with yellow stripe |
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