mullet
English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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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)
- A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (the red mullets or goatfish).
- (especially US) A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes) (the grey mullets).
- (US) Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family (especially in the genus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., the redhorses)
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- 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(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- mangrove mullet
- popeye mullet
- red mullet
- river mullet
- sea mullet
- striped mullet
- stunned mullet
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Etymology 2
Or mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull (meaning to stupefy) though neither is certain.[1]
Noun
mullet (plural mullets)
- A fool
Etymology 3
1994 US. Apparently coined (and popularized) by hip hop group the Beastie Boys in their song "Mullet Head".
Noun
mullet (plural mullets)
- 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!
- 1994, Beastie Boys "Mullet Head"
- (slang) A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.
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Etymology 4
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French molette (“rowel”)
Noun
mullet (plural mullets)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
mullet m (plural s)
- mullet (men’s hairstyle that is long in the back and short in the front)
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