| 单词 | striped red mullet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstriped red mullet red mullet n. any of the fishes constituting the family Mullidae, which are typically reddish or gold in colour and widely valued for food; esp. either of two mullets of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, Mullus barbatus and (more fully striped red mullet) M. surmuletus; cf. red surmullet n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Mullidae > member of (red mullet) mullet1393 rougetc1485 surmulleta1672 red mullet1734 red surmullet1769 bearded gurnard1803 1734 P. Falle Cæsarea ii. 159 The most esteemed is the Mullet, both red and grey. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 294 There are two species, both of which are European, the Striped Red Mullet, M. surmuletus,..and the Plain Red Mullet, M. barbatus. 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes xvi. 123 The family Mullidæ, the Red Mullets, are shore fishes of moderate size with large scales. 2002 Daily Tel. 31 May 14/2 Red mullet, never found further north than the English Channel a decade ago, are now found off the west and east coasts of Scotland in commercially fishable numbers. < as lemmas |
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