1. Freshwater or coastal food fishes with a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
   "Grey mullet is often used in Mediterranean cuisine"; "Gray mullet are often used in Mediterranean cuisine";
   - grey mullet [Brit, Cdn], gray mullet [US]
    
2. Bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin
   "The mullet's barbels help it find food in the sediment"
    
3. Highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
   "We grilled some fresh mullet for dinner";
   - grey mullet [Brit, Cdn], gray mullet [US]
    
4. A hairstyle where the hair is short on the top and sides, and long at the back
   "He sported a classic 80s mullet at the retro party"

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