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red mullet
noun
- a goatfish or surmullet.
red mullet
noun
- any of the marine percoid fishes constituting the family Mullidae , esp Mullus surmuletus , a food fish of European waters. They have a pair of long barbels beneath the chin and a reddish coloration US namegoatfish
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red mullet1
First recorded in 1755–65
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Example Sentences
When red mullet are abundant in fishmongers' shops, a fine mackerel season may be expected.
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Meanwhile Euergetes has returned, and from the forecastle comes the sputter of red mullet cooking.
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San Giorgio is of note as the place for red mullet from the Adriatic.
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But no man can leave his red mullet half eaten for such reasons.
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It is to its brilliant colouring that the red mullet owes much of its celebrity.
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