surmullets

Variant of surmullet

surmullet definition

sur·mul·let (sər mul′it)

noun pl. surmullets -·lets or surmullet -·let

goatfish

Etymology: Fr surmulet < OFr sormulet < sor, red (see sorrel) + mulet, mullet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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