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surmullet

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sur⋅mul⋅let

[ser-muhl-it]
–noun
a goatfish, esp. one of the European species used for food.

Origin:
1665–75; < F surmulet, MF sormulet, equiv. to sor reddish brown (see sorrel 1 ) + mulet mullet
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goat·fish   (gōt'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. goatfish or goat·fish·es
Any of various brightly colored fishes of the family Mullidae of warm seas, having two sensory barbels on the chin. Also called red mullet, surmullet.
sur·mul·let   (sər-mŭl'ĭt, sûr'mŭl'-)   
n.   pl. surmullet or sur·mul·lets
See goatfish.

[French surmulet, from Old French sormulet : probably sor, reddish brown (of Germanic origin) + mulet, mullet; see mullet.]
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