Meaning

noun highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet

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

noun bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin

originFrom Middle English molet, mulett, from Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

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