mullet : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers.

Webster 1913

• noun hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
  fleabane; Pulicaria dysenterica.
  

WordNet

• . See Ladyfish (a).

Webster 1913

• noun highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
  mullet; gray mullet.
  
• noun freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
  mullet; gray mullet.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid&ae;, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (M. capito, and M. auratus), the American striped mullet (M. albula), and the white or silver mullet (M. Braziliensis). See Mullet.

Webster 1913

• noun highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
  mullet; gray mullet.
  
• noun freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
  mullet; gray mullet.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), gray mullet.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a West Indian red mullet (Upeneus maculatus); so called on account of its great beauty. Called also goldfish.

Webster 1913

• noun brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
  Mullus surmuletus; surmullet; goatfish.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), the surmullet. See Mullet.

Webster 1913

• noun most important commercial mullet in eastern United States
  Mugil cephalus.
  

WordNet

• . (Zoöl.) See under Mullet, 2.

Webster 1913

• noun silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts
  Mugil curema.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema) ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; called also blue-back mullet, and liza.

Webster 1913