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Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
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surmullet
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mullet \Mul"let\, n. [OE. molet, mulet, F. mulet, fr. L. mullus.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets . They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels [syn: goatfish , red mullet , Mullus surmuletus ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A (vern: red mullet), (taxlink Mullus surmuletus species noshow=1).
Usage examples of surmullet.
I met a large party at his house the other day, and beheld dory and surmullet, champagne and lachryma Christi, amid all the glory of the Whitford plate .
It was composed of turtle soup made of the most delicate hawks bills, of a surmullet served with puff paste (the liver of which, prepared by itself, was most delicious), and fillets of the emperor-holocanthus, the savour of which seemed to me superior even to salmon.
It was composed of turtle soup made of the most delicate hawksbills, of a surmullet served with puff paste (the liver of which, prepared by itself, was most delicious), and fillets of the emperor-holocanthus, the savor of which seemed to me superior even to salmon.