mugil
/ˈmjuːdʒɪl/noun
Originally: a grey mullet. Now only (in form Mugil): the type genus of the family Mugilidae, comprising the grey mullets.
- Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 316..
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From classical Latin mūgil the grey mullet, cognate with mūcus.
- unevolved
- unexaggerated
- unexamined
- unexampled
- unexcelled
- unexceptionable
- unexceptionableness
- unexceptionably
- unexceptional
- unexceptionally
- unexcitability
- unexcitable
- unexcited
- unexciting
- unexecuted
- unexercised
- unexhausted
- unexpected
- unexpectedly
- unexpectedness
- unexpired
- unexplainable
- unexplainably
- unexplained
- unexploded