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Surmullet

Definition: Surmullet

Surmullet

Noun

1. Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "surmullet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Etymology: Surmullet \Sur*mul"let\, noun. [French surmulet; saur, saure, brownish yellow, red + mulet a mullet. See Sorrel, a., and Mullet.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Surmullet

Synonyms: goatfish (n), red mullet (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Surmullet

English words defined with "surmullet": Mulliod. (references)
Etymologies containing "surmullet": Mulliod. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Surmullet" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (red mullet, rock mullet, striped, striped mullet, surmullet).

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Image Slideshow: Surmullet

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Modern Translation: Surmullet

Language Translations for "surmullet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

барбун. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

mul (loose, powdery, sandy), koning van de poon (red mullet, rock mullet, striped mullet). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sávos vörös márna. (various references)

   

Manx

  

crodane jiarg. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urmulletsay

   

Portuguese

  

salmonete (grilse, mullet, peel, samlet). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

барабулька. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

barbun. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

salmonete (red mullet). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

барабулька. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Surmullet

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

surmullet, VE rouget de roche. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Surmullet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-l-l-m-r-s-t-u-u"

-1 letter: multures.

-2 letters: lustrum, mullers, mullets, multure, mutuels, mutules.

-3 letters: estrum, lemurs, luster, lustre, luteum, muller, mullet, muster, mutuel, mutule, result, rustle, sutler, suture, trulls, tulles, ulster, uterus.

-4 letters: lemur, lulus, lures, lutes, mells, melts, merls, mules, mulls, mures, muser, muter, mutes, rules, serum, smell, smelt, strum, stull, tells, terms, trues, trull, tules, tulle.

-5 letters: ells.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-l-m-r-s-t-u-u"
 

+1 letter: telluriums.

 

+2 letters: tremulously, tumblerfuls.

 

+3 letters: mournfullest.

 

+5 letters: multireligious, ultramasculine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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