English Dictionary

MULLIDAE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mullidae mean? 

MULLIDAE (noun)
  The noun MULLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. goatfishes or red mulletsplay

  Familiarity information: MULLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MULLIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Goatfishes or red mullets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Mullidae; Mullidae

Hypernyms ("Mullidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Mullidae"):

mullet (bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin)

genus Mullus; Mullus (type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes)

genus Mulloidichthys; Mulloidichthys (a genus of Mullidae)

Holonyms ("Mullidae" is a member of...):

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Try not to become a man of success but a man of value." (English proverb)

"Drop by drop - a whole lake becomes." (Bulgarian proverb)

"The horse knows its knight the best." (Arabic proverb)

"Creaking carts last longest." (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact