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sur·mul·let  (sr-mlt, sûrml-)

n. pl. surmullet or sur·mul·lets

See goatfish.

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[French surmulet, from Old French sormulet : probably sor, reddish brown (of Germanic origin) + mulet, mullet; see mullet.]

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surmullet - brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels goatfish, Mullus surmuletus, red mullet mullet - 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