mullet

See also: Mullet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌlɪt/, /ˈmʌlət/

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• Rhymes: -ʌlɪt
• Rhymes: -ʌlət

Etymology 1

Mullet catch

Wikispecies From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

Noun

mullet (plural mullets or mullet)

1. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (the red mullets or goatfish).
2. (especially US) A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes) (the grey mullets).
3. (US) Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family (especially in the genus , the redhorses)

Synonyms

• (Mugillidae): haarder
• (Mugillidae): springer

Derived terms

Derived terms

• black mullet
• black true mullet
• bright mullet
• bully mullet
• callifaver mullet
• common grey mullet
• common mullet
• finger mullet
• flathead mullet

• flathead grey mullet
• gray mullet
• hardgut mullet
• mangrove mullet
• popeye mullet
• red mullet
• river mullet
• sea mullet
• striped mullet
• stunned mullet

Translations

fish of the family Mugilidae (grey mullets)

• Arabic: بُورِيّ m (būriyy)
• Belarusian: кефа́ль f (kjefálʹ)
• Catalan: llíssera (ca) f, mújol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鯔魚／鲻鱼 (zh) (zīyú), 鲻鱼 (zh) (zīyú)

  Min Nan: o͘-á-hî

• Corsican: muzaru m
• Crimean Tatar: cılar, kefal
• Czech: parmice f
• Danish: multe
• Dutch: harder (nl) m
• Finnish: keltti
• French: mulet (fr) m, muge (fr)
• Galician: muxe m, taíña m
• Georgian: კეფალი (ḳepali), ბარაბული (barabuli)
• German: Meeräsche f
• Greek: κέφαλος (el) m (kéfalos)

  Ancient: κεστρεύς m (kestreús)

• Hawaiian: ʻanae
• Hebrew: בורי m (búri)
• Ido: surmuleto (io)
• Irish: lannach m
• Italian: triglia (it) f, cefalo (it) m, muggine m
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• Japanese: ボラ (bora), 鯔 (ja) (ぼら, bora)
• Korean: 숭어 (ko) (sung'eo)
• Lithuanian: kefalinės
• Maori: kanae
• Norwegian: multe
• Old English: mēċefisc m
• Persian: کفال (fa) (kafâl)
• Polish: cefal m
• Portuguese: tainha (pt) f
• Russian: кефа́ль (ru) f (kefálʹ)
• Samoan: ʻanae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ципал m

  Roman: cipal (sh) m

• Sicilian: cìfalu
• Spanish: mújol m, lisa f
• Swedish: multe (sv) c
• Tagalog: gagapang
• Tahitian: ʻanae
• Tamil: மடவை (ta) (maṭavai)
• Tongan: kanahe
• Turkish: kefal (tr)
• Ukrainian: кефа́ль (uk) f (kefálʹ)

fish of the family Mullidae (red mullets)

• Finnish: mullo
• Greek:

  Ancient: τρίγλη f (tríglē)

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• Spanish: salmonete m
• Tagalog: asubi

Etymology 2

Or mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull (meaning to stupefy) though neither is certain.

Noun

mullet (plural mullets)

1. A fool

Etymology 3

Man with a mullet hairstyle.

Man with a long mullet hairstyle.

1994 US. Apparently coined (and popularized) by hip hop group the Beastie Boys in their song "Mullet Head".

Noun

mullet (plural mullets)

1. A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
   • 1994, Beastie Boys "Mullet Head"

     – Mullet head, don't touch the back

     – Cut the sides, don't touch the back

   • 2008, Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots 406

     – Maybe it's a curly fro.

     – Maybe every day is bad hair day!

     – Maybe it's a mullet!

2. (slang) A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.

Synonyms

• hockey hair

Derived terms

• skullet

Translations

hairstyle

• Czech: deka n
• Danish: svenskerhår n, bundesligahår n, bundesligagarn n
• Dutch: matje (nl) n (Netherlands), nektapijt n (Belgium)
• Finnish: takatukka
• French: nuque longue (fr), coupe Longueuil (Quebec), mullet (fr)
• German: Vokuhila (de) m
• Hebrew: מאלט
• Japanese: マレット (maretto)
• Latvian: malets
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• Norwegian: hockeysveis m
• Persian: مولت
• Polish: czeski piłkarz m
• Portuguese: mullet m
• Russian: маллет (ru) m (mallet)
• Spanish: chocopanda f
• Swedish: hockeyfrilla (sv) c
• Ukrainian: маллет m (mallet)

person who follows fad

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Etymology 4

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French molette (“rowel”)

Noun

mullet (plural mullets)

1. (heraldry) A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.
2. The rowel of a spur.

Coordinate terms

• estoile

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English mullet.

Noun

mullet m (plural s)

1. mullet (men’s hairstyle that is long in the back and short in the front)