Mugilidae

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

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