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Mugil definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MU'GIL, n. [L.] The mullet, a genus of fishes of the order of abdominals.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets [syn: Mugil, genus Mugil]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mugil Mu"gil, n. [L., a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See Mullet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Percesoces Per*ces"o*ces, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. perca a perch + esox, -ocis, a pike.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.