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gray mullet

DEFINITIONS OF: gray mullet

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n freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide

Synonyms:
grey mullet, mullet
Types:
Mugil cephalus, striped mullet
most important commercial mullet in eastern United States
Mugil curema, white mullet
silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts
Mugil liza, liza
similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
Type of:
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

n highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet

Synonyms:
grey mullet, mullet
Type of:
fish
the flesh of fish used as food
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