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mullet definition

mul·let (mul′it)

noun pl. mullets -·lets or mullet -·let

  1. 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)
  2. 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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