mullet
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈmʌlɪt/
:
mújol
- The fishermen were thrilled with their catch of mullet and decided to sell it at the local market.
- mullet from the mountain
- mullet American
I've seen freaking Stingrays, thousands of mullet, so many mullet.
- I've seen freaking Stingrays, thousands of mullet, so many mullet.
Examples
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Windward fisheries include several estuarine species, such as mullet, crabs, carangids, octopus, sardines, and anchovies.
Academic text (1993) -
The usual catch was 8-10 bushels of fish, including alewives, bluefish, flounder, menhaden, mullet, shad, striped bass, and weakfish.
Academic text (1990) -
For bait, we caught mullet with our cast nets.
Academic text (1997) -
Let me ask you, do you catch any freshwater mullet out of here?
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"Okay, we'll hike the Swamp Fox Trail and eat mullet."
Fiction book (1991) -
We poured approximately four pints of old blood off the stern, cut up one or two mullet, and pitched them over.
Academic text (1997) -
In the Sarasota area, bottlenose dolphins feed on a variety of fish, including mullet, sea trout, and catfish, which may weigh one to two pounds each.
Academic text (1992) -
Idling along shallow sea paths, I watched and heard jumping mullet slap the water, while occasional schools of bait fish turned the mirror surface of the bay into masses of ripples.
Academic text (2004) -
The fish caught were alewives, bluefish, croakers, eels, flounder, mullet, and weakfish, besides horseshoe crabs.
Academic text (1990) -
We enjoyed a delicious meal of grilled mullet served with lemon and herbs.
Synonyms
A fish with a long rounded body that lives in seas and rivers that people often eat
A fish with dark horizontal stripes that lives in warm coastal waters and is often caught
A silvery fish with a long thin body that people eat or use as bait
A group of fish like mullets that live near coasts in slightly salty water
A family of coastal fish called grey mullets that live in warm and cool seas worldwide
A family of sea fish like red mullet with small whiskers on their chins
A small brightly colored sea fish with a whisker under its chin found in the Mediterranean and nearby Atlantic waters
A bright sea fish with two small whiskers on its chin
Compounds
- US
A fish with a long rounded body that lives in seas and rivers that people often eat
A fish with dark horizontal stripes that lives in warm coastal waters and is often caught
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mullet for the fish comes from the old Latin word mullus, which named a small coastal fish, so mullet today means a kind of fish often found in warm or coastal waters and eaten as food.