Main Entry:

mul·let

Pronunciation:

\ˈmə-lət\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural mullet or mullets

Etymology:

Middle English molet, from Anglo-French mulet, from Latin mullus red mullet, from Greek myllos

Date:

14th century

1: any of a family (Mugilidae) of chiefly marine bony fishes with an elongate rather stout body — compare goatfish, red mullet2 [perhaps short for mullethead blockhead] : a hairstyle in which the hair is short on the sides and top and long at the back

[mullet illustration]