mullet Definition
mul·let (mul′it)
noun pl. -·lets or -·let
- any of a family (Mugilidae) of edible, spiny-finned percoid fishes, both freshwater and marine, having a small mouth and feeble teeth; esp., a striped species (Mugil cephalus)
- any goatfish; esp., a species (Mullus auratus) with reddish or golden scales
Etymology: ME molet < OFr mulet, dim. < L mullus, red mullet < Gr myllos, kind of fish < ? IE base *mel-: see mule
mullet Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- point: In later years the de Vere star became a mullet of five points.
- second: Venables of Horton and Hartford Arms: Quarterly - 1 & 4 Azure, two bars Argent in chief two mullets of the second.
Converse of object
- pierce: The chevron and pierced mullets are from the arms of the Pudsey family.
- have: I've had a 3lb mullet take me into my backing.
- serve: Serve the mullet with the sauce and garnish with a few basil leaves.
- sport: Sporting some dodgy old mullets and wearing some truly hideous skinny ties and fetching shirts these guys were the REAL DEAL!
- dispatch: This order protect the secret at all costs, dispatching a mullet shod albino commentator to hunt our heroes down.
Adjective modifier
- gray: Red mullet is no relation of the gray mullet.
- red: Stuff the cavity of each red mullet with the mixture.
- many: You may be fortunate enough to observe the many gray mullet that are in this part of the river feeding.
- thick-lipped: Big, thick-lipped mullet can also be seen here sucking at the algae on the ironwork.
- Red: Red mullet is no relation of the gray mullet.
- dodgy: This week he's playing Billy Ray Cyrus and showcasing the dodgiest mullet of our times.
Modifies a noun
- filet: My wife particularly enjoyed the gray mullet filets steeped in spices and cooked in banana leaves to lock all the flavor in.
- haircut: The effect of small velcro cloud static on some of those mullet haircuts was painful even to behold.
- fishing: I once used a Golden Prince for mullet fishing.
- argent: They depict the See of Oxford impaling argent an eagle sable charged with a mullet argent.
- wig: Yeah, pretty much everyone took this photo, but you can never have too much of Tevis in a mullet wig!
- hairdo: Mercifully, Tom Byron and his mullet hairdo split up in '93.
Noun used with modifier
gray: You may be fortunate enough to observe the many gray mullet that are in this part of the river feeding.
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