Definition of Red mullet

1. Noun. Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels.

Exact synonyms: Goatfish, Mullus Surmuletus, Surmullet
Generic synonyms: Mullet
Group relationships: Genus Mullus, Mullus
Specialized synonyms: Mullus Auratus, Red Goatfish, Mulloidichthys Martinicus, Yellow Goatfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Mullet

red links
red lion
red maids
red man
red man syndrome
red mange
red maple
red marrow
red meat
red meats
red mercury
red mist
red morning-glory
red mud
red mulberry
red mullet (current term)
red muscle
red neck syndrome
red neuralgia
red noise
red nucleus
red oak
red ochre
red onion
red onions
red osier
red osier dogwood
red oxide of lead
red oxygen
red panda

Literary usage of Red mullet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1869)
"THE STRIPED red mullet. The striped red mullet, a beautiful fish of a pale pink color, but somewhat larger than the one known to the Romans, ..."

2. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1875)
"THE STRIPED red mullet. The striped red mullet, a beautiful fish of a palp pink color, but somewhat larger than the one known ..."

3. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"... the middle may be boiled and the fins fried. They should be dipped in egg, and covered with crums. red mullet. It is called the sea-woodcock. ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The STRIPED S., or STRIPED red mullet (M. surmuletus), is sometimes very plentiful on the southern coasts of England, but is rarer towards the north. ..."

5. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1840)
"red mullet. It is called the Sea-Woodcock. Clean, but leave the inside, fold in oiled paper, and gently bake in a small dish. Make a sauce of the liquor ..."

6. The Life-histories of the British Marine Food-fishes by William Carmichael M'Intosh, Arthur Thomas Masterman (1897)
"... in front of the vent, and some chromatophores have appeared in the marginal fin dorsally and ventrally. The red mullet-Family. Mullidae. THE red mullet. ..."

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