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    GREY MULLET

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwideplay

    Synonyms:

    gray mullet; grey mullet; mullet

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("grey mullet" is a kind of...):

    percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

    Meronyms (parts of "grey mullet"):

    gray mullet; grey mullet; mullet (highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grey mullet"):

    Mugil cephalus; striped mullet (most important commercial mullet in eastern United States)

    Mugil curema; white mullet (silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts)

    liza; Mugil liza (similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region)

    Holonyms ("grey mullet" is a member of...):

    family Mugilidae; Mugilidae (grey mullets)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mulletplay

    Synonyms:

    gray mullet; grey mullet; mullet

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("grey mullet" is a kind of...):

    fish (the flesh of fish used as food)

    Holonyms ("grey mullet" is a part of...):

    gray mullet; grey mullet; mullet (freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide)

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