The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. Any of various brightly colored fishes of the family Mullidae of warm seas, having two sensory barbels on the chin. Also called red mullet, surmullet.
n. Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The European file-fish, Balistes capriscus.
n. A West Indian and South American mulloid fish, Upeneus maculatus, of a red color with bluish longitudinal lines on the sides of the head and three black blotches on the body above the lateral line.
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n. brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
Word Usage
"It is suggested that younger children, whose developing nervous systems are susceptible to damage by contaminants, obtain omega-3 from species such as goatfish, anchovies or pilchard."