surmullet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a red mullet or related goatfish, a brightly colored marine fish with sensory barbels beneath its chin

   A wealthy Roman was said to have paid an extraordinary price for a single surmullet.

Borrowed from French surmulet, from Middle French sormulet, probably formed from sor ('reddish brown') + mulet ('mullet').

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