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Noun: mullet  mú-lit
  1. Freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
    - grey mullet [Brit, Cdn], gray mullet [US]
     
  2. Bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin
     
  3. Highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
    - grey mullet [Brit, Cdn], gray mullet [US]

Derived forms: mullets

Type of: bottom feeder, bottom-dweller, bottom-feeder, fish, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

Part of: family Mugilidae, family Mullidae, Mugilidae, Mullidae

Encyclopedia: Mullet, Mark