Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The leading genus of Mugilidæ; the mullets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See
mullet .
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- noun zoology Any
fish of thegenus Mugil ofmugilid mullets .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fasíkh (fish) and the Búrí (mugil cephalus) a salt-water fish caught in the Nile and considered fair eating.
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Fasíkh (fish) and the Búrí (mugil cephalus) a salt-water fish caught in the Nile and considered fair eating.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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There are also the ikan krapo, a kind of rock-cod or sea-perch; ikan marrang or kitang (teuthis), commonly named the leather fish, and among the best brought to table; jinnihin, a rock-fish shaped like a carp; bawal or pomfret (species of chaetodon); balanak, jumpul, and marra, three fish of the mullet kind (mugil); kuru
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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