English Explanatory Dictionary

mullid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any fish in the family Mullidae.

Word forms

mullid mullids

Etymology

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Mullid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin mull(us) (“red mullet”) + -id.

Synonyms

goatfish mullet red mullet
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