Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A family of percesocine fishes, typified by the genus Mugil; the mullets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of fish including the gray mullets.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Mugiliformes — themullets .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun grey mullets
Etymologies
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Mugil + -idae
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Examples
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Prey species include anchovies (Engraulidae), sardines and pilchards (Clupeidae), and mullets (Mugilidae).
Galapagos penguin 2010
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Fish and crustacean species dominant for the ecoregion are those traditionally found in estuarine and arid environments such as Serranidae (sea basses), Gerreidae (ray-finned fishes) and Mugilidae (mullets).
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These fish include cyprinids of the genus Barbus and Mirogrex, cichlids of the genus Sarotherodon, and Mugil cephalus of the family Mugilidae.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Ecología trófica de Mugil curema, Mugil incilis y Mugil liza (Pisces: Mugilidae) en la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Caribe colombiano: Análisis Bioquímico.
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