mullet
English Thesaurus
1. bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | bottom-dweller, bottom-feeder, |
definition | : | a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water (noun.animal) |
hypernym | : | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, |
definition | : | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | goatfish, mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet, |
definition | : | brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | family mullidae, mullidae, |
definition | : | goatfishes or red mullets (noun.animal) |
2. freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, |
definition | : | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | mugil cephalus, striped mullet, |
definition | : | most important commercial mullet in eastern United States (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | mugil curema, white mullet, |
definition | : | silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | liza, mugil liza, |
definition | : | similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region (noun.animal) |
part holonym | : | gray mullet, grey mullet, mullet, |
definition | : | highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet (noun.food) |
member meronym | : | family mugilidae, mugilidae, |
definition | : | grey mullets (noun.animal) |
3. highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet (noun.food)
hypernym | : | fish, |
definition | : | the flesh of fish used as food (noun.food) |
part meronym | : | gray mullet, grey mullet, mullet, |
definition | : | freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide (noun.animal) |
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