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noun
Any of the family Mullidae of brightly coloured fish with two barbels on the chin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: mullid, red mullet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
Alternative spelling of goat-fish (“mythical beast”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chimera, creature
noun
brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: red mullet, surmullet, Mullus surmuletus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mullet
Narrower terms: red goatfish, Mullus auratus, yellow goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus
History
From goat + fish. The Mullidae sense is because of the fish's beard (as it were) seeming like a goat's beard (a goatee). The chimera sense is because the mythical beast is half goat and half fish.
Across languages
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