gray mullet

/greɪ ˌmʌlət/
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Other forms: gray mullets

Definitions of gray mullet
  1. noun
    freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
    synonyms: grey mullet, mullet
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    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
  2. noun
    highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
    synonyms: grey mullet, mullet
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    type of:
    fish
    the flesh of fish used as food
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