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单词 mullet
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mul•let1 /ˈmʌlɪt/USA pronunciation   n., pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -let, (esp. for kinds or species) -lets. 
  1. Fisha fish with spiny fins.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mul•let1  (mulit),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -let,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -lets. 
  1. Fishany of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
  2. Fisha goatfish.
  3. Fisha sucker, esp. of the genus Moxostoma.
  • Latin mullus red mullet; see -et
  • Middle French
  • late Middle English mulet 1400–50

mul•let2  (mulit),USA pronunciation n. [Heraldry.]
  1. Heraldrya starlike charge having five points unless a greater number is specified, used esp. as the cadency mark of a third son.
Also, molet. Also called American star, Scottish star. 
  • Old French molete rowel of a spur, equivalent. to mole millstone (French meule) + -ette -ette
  • Middle English molet 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mullet /ˈmʌlɪt/ n
  1. any of various teleost food fishes belonging to the families Mugilidae (grey mullet) or Mullidae (red mullet)
Etymology: 15th Century: via Old French from Latin mullus, from Greek mullos
mullet /ˈmʌlɪt/ n
  1. a hairstyle in which the hair is short at the top and long at the back
Etymology: 20th Century: origin unknown
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