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Definition of Mullet
1. Noun. Highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet.
Group relationships: Gray Mullet, Grey Mullet
Generic synonyms: Fish
2. Noun. Freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide.
Generic synonyms: Percoid, Percoid Fish, Percoidean
Group relationships: Family Mugilidae, Mugilidae
Specialized synonyms: Mugil Cephalus, Striped Mullet, Mugil Curema, White Mullet, Liza, Mugil Liza
Terms within: Gray Mullet, Grey Mullet
3. Noun. Bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin.
Group relationships: Family Mullidae, Mullidae
Specialized synonyms: Goatfish, Mullus Surmuletus, Red Mullet, Surmullet
Definition of Mullet
1. n. Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.
2. n. A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son.
3. n. Small pinchers for curling the hair.
Definition of Mullet
1. Noun. A fish of the genus ''Mugil''. ¹
2. Noun. A fool ¹
3. Noun. A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back. ¹
4. Noun. (slang) A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader. ¹
5. Noun. (heraldiccharge) A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mullet
1. an edible fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mullet
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mullet
Literary usage of Mullet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"Az. a mullet between three boars' heads couped or within a bordure of the last.
... Gu. a mullet of seven points wavy between three antique crowns or. ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"The gray mullet of western European waters (.!/. capita, Cuv.) attains a length
of from 1 to2 feet; the color above is dusky gray tinged with blue, ..."
3. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1915)
"Upon the same charge as in the last three cases, the following were arraigned
and pleaded Not Guilty: James Robbins, alias Rattle, James mullet, ..."
4. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1875)
"The striped red mullet, a beautiful fish of a palp pink color, but somewhat ...
This fish is more gamy than the golden mullet of the American borders of the ..."
5. Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches by William Hamilton Maxwell (1843)
"Preparations for mullet-fishing. — Seals. — Anecdotes The Red Dwarf. ... EARLY this
morning we received intelligence that a school * of mullet -j- had been ..."
6. Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales by Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods (1883)
""Some seventy species of grey mullet are known, the majority attaining a weight
of about 4 pounds. All are eaten, and some are esteemed, especially when ..."
7. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"mullet, fish, XII. 36. Gray mullet, 2 ab; striped, 2 c (ill.); red, 37, 1 ab;
bearded, 1 b (ill.). Fish so called, 1 c. mullet, in heraldry, VIII. 673,2 bc. ..."
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