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mul⋅let

1  [muhl-it]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -let, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -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, esp. of the genus Moxostoma.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME mulet < MF < L mullus red mullet; see -et

mul⋅let

2  [muhl-it]
–noun Heraldry.
a starlike charge having five points unless a greater number is specified, used esp. as the cadency mark of a third son.
Also, molet.
Also called American star, Scottish star.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME molet < OF molete rowel of a spur, equiv. to mole millstone (F meule) + -ette -ette
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mul·let   (mŭl'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. pl. mullet or mul·lets

    1. Any of various stout-bodied, edible fishes of the family Mugilidae, found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal waters and some freshwater streams. Also called gray mullet.

    2. The red mullet.

  2. A hairstyle that is formed by cutting the hair short on the the top and sides and allowing it to grow longer in back.


[Middle English molet, from Medieval Latin mulettus, probably from Old French mulet, from mul, from Latin mullus, from Greek mullos.]
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Slang Dictionary
mullet

  1. n.
    a hair style or cut that is short on the top and sides and long in the back. (The longer hair may also be uncombed.) : I'm letting my hair grow out for a mullet.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

mullet  (1)
"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).

mullet  (2)
"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 ref. to the haircut seemed to emerge into pop culture with the Beastie Boys song "Mullet Head".
"#1 on the side and don't touch the back
#6 on the top and don't cut it wack, Jack"
[Beastie Boys, "Mullet Head"]
As a surname, Mullet is attested from 1275, thought to be a dim. of O.Fr. mul "mule."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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