A mullet is a small sea fish that people cook and eat.
Mullet is this fish eaten as food.
mullet in British English1
(ˈmʌlɪt)
noun
1.
any of various teleost food fishes belonging to the families Mugilidae (grey mullet) or Mullidae (red mullet)
See also grey mullet, red mullet
2. the US name for grey mullet
Word origin
C15: via Old French from Latin mullus, from Greek mullos
mullet in British English2
(ˈmʌlɪt)
noun
a hairstyle in which the hair is short at the top and long at the back
Word origin
C20: origin unknown
mullet in American English
(ˈmʌlɪt)
nounWord forms: pluralˈmullets or ˈmullet
1.
any of a family (Mugilidae) of edible, spiny-finned percoid fishes, both freshwater and marine, having a small mouth and feeble teeth; esp., a striped species (Mugil cephalus)
2.
any goatfish; esp., a species (Mullus auratus) with reddish or golden scales
Word origin
ME molet < OFr mulet, dim. < L mullus, red mullet < Gr myllos, kind of fish < ? IE base *mel-: see mule2