mullet
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Definition of mullet
11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes).
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noun
- A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes).
- (sometimes, specifically)A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes).
- (US, especially)A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes).
- (US)Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family.
- (US, especially)Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family.
- A fool.
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A men's hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
“– Mullet head, don't touch the back – Cut the sides, don't touch the back”
“– Maybe it's a curly fro. – Maybe every day is bad hair day! – Maybe it's a mullet!”
- (slang)A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.
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A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.
“Grogan, Creation of 1859, or Moyvore, Westmeath. [...] Arms,—Barry of sex or and sable, on a chief engrailed azure a lion passant of the first. Crest,—A lion's head erased sable, charged with a mullet or.”
- A rowel of a spur.
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English molet, mulett, from Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).
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