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mugil


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mugil  \Mu"gil\,  n.  [L.,  a  sort  of  fish.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  genus  of  fishes  including  the  gray  mullets.  See  {Mullet}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Mugil 
  n  :  type  genus  of  the  Mugilidae:  mullets  [syn:  {Mugil},  {genus 
  Mugil}] 




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