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Definition of Surmullet
1. Noun. Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels.
Generic synonyms: Mullet
Group relationships: Genus Mullus, Mullus
Specialized synonyms: Mullus Auratus, Red Goatfish, Mulloidichthys Martinicus, Yellow Goatfish
Definition of Surmullet
1. n. Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidæ, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.
Definition of Surmullet
1. Noun. A mullet in the family Mullidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surmullet
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surmullet
Literary usage of Surmullet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Fishes of the British Islands by Jonathan Couch (1868)
"surmullet. Mullus, JONSTON ; Cap. 1, Art. 1, M. major, table 17, f. 6. ...
THE surmullet is a common fish along the coast of the south and west of England, ..."
2. The Natural History of the Order Cetacea: And the Oceanic Inhabitants of the by Henry William Dewhurst (1834)
"THE red surmullet is principally found in the Mediterranean and Northern Seas,
... The surmullet is a fish of a strong and active nature, swimming briskly, ..."
3. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1869)
"THERE are few of our more common fishes, of which the habits have been less
certainly known than the surmullet ; and this is especially the case as concerns ..."
4. The Sea and the Rod by Charles Thomas Paske, Frederick George Aflalo (1892)
"Its Beauty and General Appearance—Soft Food—The Mediterranean : the Colours of
living surmullet—Mullet no Delicacy in Italy—A Musical Mullet—Susceptibility ..."
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