What is "mugil"

Mugil \Mu"gil\, prop. n. [L., a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See Mullet.

n. Any fish of the genus ''Mugil'' of mugilid mullets.

Mugil is a genus of mullet in the family Mugilidae found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal marine waters, but also entering estuaries and rivers.