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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: mulet, from Latin mullus 'red mullet'

mullet

 noun
     
Related topics: Food Dish, Fish
mul‧let [countable]
1HBFDFF a fairly small sea fish that can be eaten
2 a hairstyle for men in which the hair on the sides and top of the head is short and the hair on the back of the head is long
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