单词 | king mullet |
释义 | > as lemmasking mullet king mullet n. rare †(a) the cardinal fish, Apogon imberbis (also called king of the mullets) (obsolete); (b) any of various species of mullet thought to be particularly striking in appearance. ΚΠ 1824 W. H. Smyth Mem. Sicily App. p. lxix [Mullus] imberbis. Re di Trigghia. King mullet. 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 208 There was a pair of King-mullets (Upeneus maculatus). 2000 D. L. Shores Tangier Island x. 215 Names for the former [sc. white mullet] are sand mullet, sea mullet, Virginia mullet, roundhead, kingfish, king mullet, and whiting. < as lemmas |
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