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    SURMULLET

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbelsplay

    Synonyms:

    goatfish; Mullus surmuletus; red mullet; surmullet

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("surmullet" is a kind of...):

    mullet (bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin)

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

    Mullus auratus; red goatfish (body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side)

    Mulloidichthys martinicus; yellow goatfish (schooling goatfish; greyish with yellow stripe)

    Holonyms ("surmullet" is a member of...):

    genus Mullus; Mullus (type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes)

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