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# mullet

noun (plural mullets)

«mullet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A mullet is a sea fish with a grey or brown body, eaten as food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mullet/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a fisherman catches fish such as mullets in his net; the word names a kind of fish

### Examples

- "Fine mullets, these!" he said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mullet/#x1)
- He pulled a handful of mullets from the net. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mullet/#x2)
- We ate grilled mullet for supper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mullet/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; each mullet is one fish, so a count of them is just a count of fish caught.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mullet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mullet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mullet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mullet.html) on Mova free.