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MULLUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes

Synonyms:

genus Mullus; Mullus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Mullus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Mullus"):

goatfish; Mullus surmuletus; red mullet; surmullet (brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels)

Mullus auratus; red goatfish (body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side)

Holonyms ("Mullus" is a member of...):

family Mullidae; Mullidae (goatfishes or red mullets)

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