Definition of Mugilidae

1. Noun. Grey mullets.

Exact synonyms: Family Mugilidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Mugiloidea, Suborder Mugiloidea
Member holonyms: Gray Mullet, Grey Mullet, Mullet, Genus Mugil, Mugil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mugilidae

Muellerius capillaris
Muenchen
Muenster
Muerhrcke's sign
Muffly
Muganda
Muggle
Muggle Quidditch
Muggles
Muggletonian
Muggletonians
Mughal
Mugil cephalus
Mugil curema
Mugil liza
Mugilidae (current term)
Mugiloidea
Muhammad
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammadan
Muhammadan calendar
Muhammadanism
Muhammedan
Muhammedans
Muharram
Muharrum
Muhlenbergia
Muhlenbergia schreberi
Muhu

Literary usage of Mugilidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"The form of the maxillary bone and anterior position of the ventral fins ally them to the Mugilidae, while the enlarged third superior pharyngeal even ..."

2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The Mugilidae have added various species to the fresh waters south of the United States. The Atherinidae have contributed the skipjack to our rivers and ..."

3. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"The first found also in brackish water, the second belonging to the marine family, Mugilidae, and the others to the ..."

4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"The form of the maxillary bone and anterior position of the ventral fins ally them to the Mugilidae, while the enlarged third superior pharyngeal even ..."

5. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The Mugilidae have added various species to the fresh waters south of the United States. The Atherinidae have contributed the skipjack to our rivers and ..."

6. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"The first found also in brackish water, the second belonging to the marine family, Mugilidae, and the others to the ..."

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