surmullet

[ ser-muhl-it ]

noun

1. a goatfish, especially one of the European species used for food.

surmullet

/ sɜːˈmʌlɪt /

noun

1. a US name for the red mullet

Word History and Origins

Origin of surmullet¹

1665–75; < French surmulet, Middle French sormulet, equivalent to sor reddish brown ( sorrel ¹ ) + mulet mullet ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of surmullet¹

C17: from French sormulet, from sor brown + mullet

Example Sentences

Surmullet, sur-mul′et, n. a mulloid food-fish of the genus Mullus, with two long barbels on the throat.

From Project Gutenberg

Seius gave for the nightingale the command of a quantity or labour and subsistence, equal to what L.66 : 13 : 4d. would purchase in the present times; and Asinius Celer gave for a surmullet the command of a quantity equal to what L.88 : 17 : 9d. would purchase.

From Project Gutenberg

In his third letter to Merrett, Browne says, "There is of them maior and minor," the latter probably being the variety known as the Surmullet, by far the most frequently met with here.

From Project Gutenberg

Seius gave for the nightingale the command of a quantity of labour and subsistence, equal to what � 66:13: 4d. would purchase in the present times; and Asinius Celer gave for a surmullet the command of a quantity equal to what � 88:17: 9d. would purchase.

From Project Gutenberg