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Mugilidae

noun

grey mullets

• Syn: ↑family Mugilidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Mugiloidea, ↑suborder Mugiloidea

• Member Meronyms: ↑mullet, ↑grey mullet, ↑gray mullet, ↑Mugil, ↑genus Mugil

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\\myüˈjiləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Mugil, type genus (from Latin mugil mullet) + -idae; akin to Latin mucus nasal mucus — more at mucus

: a family of fishes (suborder Mugiloidea) consisting of the gray mullets

Useful english dictionary. 2012.