red mullet
noun
a goatfish or surmullet.
Origin of red mullet
First recorded in 1755–65
Words nearby red mullet
red mercuric sulfide,
red mercury,
red mist,
red mombin,
red mulberry,
red mullet,
red muscle,
red ned,
red neuralgia,
red no. 2,
red nucleus
British Dictionary definitions for red mullet
red mullet
noun
any of the marine percoid fishes constituting the family Mullidae, esp Mullus surmuletus, a food fish of European waters. They have a pair of long barbels beneath the chin and a reddish coloration
US name: goatfish