mullet
nounEtymology Also termed a mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull (meaning to stupefy) though neither is certain.
1
A fool.
mullet
noun/ˈmʌlɪt/ · /ˈmʌlət/
Etymology From Middle English molet, mulett, from Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).
1
A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes).
2
Sometimes, Specifically Those of the genus Mullus within that family.
3
US, Especially A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes).
4
US Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family.
5
US, Especially Those in the genus Moxostoma.
- Derived terms
25 terms
black mullet, black true mullet, bright mullet, bully mullet, callifaver mullet, common grey mullet, common mullet, cucumber mullet, diamond mullet, finger mullet, flathead grey mullet, flathead mullet, gray mullet, hardgut mullet, Lebranche mullet, mangrove mullet, pearl mullet, popeye mullet, proto-mullet, red mullet, river mullet, sea mullet, so-iuy mullet, striped mullet, stunned mullet