noun
Meaning 1
Any fish of the family Mullidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mullet, mullid, goatfish
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
red mullet
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noun
Meaning 2
Any fish of the family Mullidae.
Any fish of the genus Mullus within that family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: sometimes, specifically
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mullet, mullid, goatfish
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goatfish, surmullet, Mullus surmuletus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mullet
Narrower terms: red goatfish, Mullus auratus, yellow goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: mullo — fish of the family Mullidae
- French: rouget — fish of the family Mullidae
- Galician: barbo — fish of the family Mullidae
- Asturian: saramollete — fish of the genus Mullus
- Asturian: barbu — fish of the genus Mullus
- Asturian: roxu — fish of the genus Mullus
- Finnish: mullo — fish of the genus Mullus
- Polish: barwena — fish of the genus Mullus
- Turkish: tekir — fish of the genus Mullus
- Ottoman Turkish: تكیر بالغی (tekir balığı) — fish of the genus Mullus