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Definition of Mullus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mullus

Literary usage of Mullus

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"Mullus, properly so called, Have only three rays to the gills, and the operculum is without spines and the upper jaw is without teeth, but the vomer has two ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1859)
"Mullus, Linne ; Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. # Vol. iii. p. 422. Teeth in the lower jaw, on the vomer and on the palatine bones, none in the upper jaw. ..."

3. An Account of the Arctic Regions with a History and Description of the by William Scoresby (1820)
"Mullus barbatus ?—Taken by a seaman out of the mouth of a seal near Spitzbergen. The body was wholly red; the length about 12 inches. ..."

4. The Fishes of Zanzibar by Robert Lambert Playfair, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Zanzibar. Mayotta. Sed Sea, and nearly all Indian seas. 125. Mullus ... Aden. Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. Chinese seas. 126. Mullus ..."

5. Handbook of the Marine and Fresh Water Fishes of the British Islands by William Saville Kent (1883)
"RED MULLET (Mullus surmuletus). pastimes of the barbaric Romans to hold banquets for the express purpose of watching the changing colours of the Red Mullet ..."

6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"Mullus, properly so called, Have only three rays to the gills, and the operculum is without spines and the upper jaw is without teeth, but the vomer has two ..."

7. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1859)
"Mullus, Linne ; Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. # Vol. iii. p. 422. Teeth in the lower jaw, on the vomer and on the palatine bones, none in the upper jaw. ..."

8. An Account of the Arctic Regions with a History and Description of the by William Scoresby (1820)
"Mullus barbatus ?—Taken by a seaman out of the mouth of a seal near Spitzbergen. The body was wholly red; the length about 12 inches. ..."

9. The Fishes of Zanzibar by Robert Lambert Playfair, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Zanzibar. Mayotta. Sed Sea, and nearly all Indian seas. 125. Mullus ... Aden. Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. Chinese seas. 126. Mullus ..."

10. Handbook of the Marine and Fresh Water Fishes of the British Islands by William Saville Kent (1883)
"RED MULLET (Mullus surmuletus). pastimes of the barbaric Romans to hold banquets for the express purpose of watching the changing colours of the Red Mullet ..."

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