mullet

Definitions

1. A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.
2. A surname.
3. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).
4. A fool.
5. A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
6. A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.
   slang
7. The rowel of a spur.
8. A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes) (grey mullets).
   US, especially
9. Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family (especially in the genus Moxostoma, redhorses)
   US

Equivalents

Examples

“– Mullet head, don't touch⟳ the back – Cut⟳ the sides, don't touch⟳ the back”

“– Maybe it's a curly fro. – Maybe every day is bad hair day! – Maybe it's a mullet!”

“Grogan, Creation of 1859, or Moyvore, Westmeath. [...] Arms,—Barry of sex or and sable, on a chief engrailed azure a lion passant of the first. Crest,—A lion's head erased sable, charged with a mullet or.”

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