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surmullet

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Noun

HYPHEN

sur=mul=let

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun surmullet has 1 sense

surmullet(n = noun.animal) goatfish, mullus surmuletus, red mullet - brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels; Array

is a kind of mullet

is a member of genus mullus, mullus

has particulars: mullus auratus, red goatfish, mulloidichthys martinicus, yellow goatfish

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CIDE DICTIONARY

surmullet, n. [F. surmulet; saur, saure, brownish yellow, red + mulet a mullet. See Sorrel, a., and Mullet.].

Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidæ, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

surmullet, n. the red mullet.

Etymology

F surmulet f. OF sor red + mulet MULLET

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