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SURMULLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surmullet mean? 

SURMULLET (noun)
  The noun SURMULLET has 1 sense:

1. brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbelsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SURMULLET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

goatfish; Mullus surmuletus; red mullet; surmullet

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surmullet"):

Mullus auratus; red goatfish (body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side)

Mulloidichthys martinicus; yellow goatfish (schooling goatfish; greyish with yellow stripe)

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

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


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