striped mullet

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   most important commercial mullet in eastern United States

   SynonymsMugil cephalus

   Broadermullet

   Part ofMugil

Questions about striped mullet

What does striped mullet mean?

striped mullet means "most important commercial mullet in eastern United States".

What is another word for striped mullet?

Close synonyms include Mugil cephalus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is striped mullet a common word?

striped mullet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.