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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the family Mullidae of brightly coloured fish with two barbels on the chin.
2. 2
   brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels wordnet
3. 3
   Alternative spelling of goat-fish (mythical beast). alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms

fishmullus surmuletusred mulletsurmullet

Etymology

From goat + fish.

Related phrases

bicolor goatfish

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