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noun, plural (especially collectively) mul·let, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) mul·lets.
1.
any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
2.
a goatfish.
3.
a sucker, especially of the genus Moxostoma.
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Mullet
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noun Heraldry.
a starlike charge having five points unless a greater number is specified, used especially as the cadency mark of a third son.
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| mullet1 (ˈmʌlɪt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | grey mullet See also red mullet any of various teleost food fishes belonging to the families Mugilidae (grey mullet) or Mullidae (red mullet) |
| 2. | the US name for grey mullet |
| [C15: via Old French from Latin mullus, from Greek mullos] | |
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Word Origin & History
mullet
"edible, spiny-finned fish," c.1440, from Anglo-Fr. molett, from O.Fr. mulet, from M.L. muletus, from L. mulettus, from mullus "red mullet," from Gk. myllos a marine fish, related to melos "black" (see melanin).
EXPANDmullet
"hairstyle short on top and long in back," 1996, perhaps from mullet-head "stupid, dull person" (1857), also the name of a type of U.S. freshwater fish with a large, flat head (1866). The term in reference to the haircut seems to have emerged into pop culture with the Beastie Boys song "Mullet Head."
"#1 on the side and don't touch the backAs a surname, Mullet is attested from 1275, thought to be a dim. of O.Fr. mul "mule."
#6 on the top and don't cut it wack, Jack"
[Beastie Boys, "Mullet Head"]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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