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GENUS MUGIL

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets

Synonyms:

genus Mugil; Mugil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Mugil" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mugil"):

Mugil cephalus; striped mullet (most important commercial mullet in eastern United States)

Mugil curema; white mullet (silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts)

liza; Mugil liza (similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region)

Holonyms ("genus Mugil" is a member of...):

family Mugilidae; Mugilidae (grey mullets)

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