Mugil curema
- noun
- Specialized
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Mugil curema
- Local fishermen often catch Mugil curema in the shallow coastal waters during the summer.
Examples
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The diet of Mugil curema mainly consists of detritus and small invertebrates.
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Biologists recorded a large population of Mugil curema along the Caribbean coastline.
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The Mugil curema is often found in shallow coastal waters.
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Many fishermen target the Mugil curema for its culinary value.
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Local fishermen often catch Mugil curema in the shallow coastal waters during the summer.
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Biologists recorded a large population of Mugil curema along the Caribbean coastline.
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Many fishermen target the Mugil curema for its culinary value.
Synonyms
A silvery fish with a long thin body that people eat or use as bait
Surface Forms
Morphology
Mugil + curema
This is a Latin taxonomic binomial (a proper name) rather than a compositional English phrase; species epithets are conventional labels and often arbitrary or Latinized, so their referential meaning (the white mullet) is not derivable from the parts. One constituent ('curema') has no English definition and even 'Mugil' as a genus name functions as a label, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would not be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Mugil curema may come from Latin and old local names: Mugil is the Latin word for the mullet fish, and curema may be an old local name for a small silvery fish. So the name directly says 'white mullet', which fits this silvery coastal species.
