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English and French : from Middle English molet, mulet ‘mullet’, a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish.nickname from a diminutive of Mule 2.
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English : variant spelling of Mullet.Irish (County Wexford) : possibly a variant of Millett.
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n.
A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet.
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An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.
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A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son.
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Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.
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Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet.
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A sort of cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink.
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A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See Mullet.
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The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, / Mexicanus).
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Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.
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Small pinchers for curling the hair.
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A mullet (Mugil capito) found in the rivers of Southern Europe and in Africa.
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A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe.
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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.
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The American white mullet (Mugil curema).
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A South African mullet, salted for food.