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Definition of Mugilidae
1. Noun. Grey mullets.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Mugiloidea, Suborder Mugiloidea
Member holonyms: Gray Mullet, Grey Mullet, Mullet, Genus Mugil, Mugil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mugilidae
Literary usage of Mugilidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"The form of the maxillary bone and anterior position of the ventral fins ally
them to the Mugilidae, while the enlarged third superior pharyngeal even ..."
2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The Mugilidae have added various species to the fresh waters south of the United
States. The Atherinidae have contributed the skipjack to our rivers and ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"The first found also in brackish water, the second belonging to the marine family,
Mugilidae, and the others to the ..."
4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"The form of the maxillary bone and anterior position of the ventral fins ally
them to the Mugilidae, while the enlarged third superior pharyngeal even ..."
5. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The Mugilidae have added various species to the fresh waters south of the United
States. The Atherinidae have contributed the skipjack to our rivers and ..."
6. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"The first found also in brackish water, the second belonging to the marine family,
Mugilidae, and the others to the ..."