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orogeny(encyclopedia)
orogeny(dictionary)
Laramide orogeny(encyclopedia)
Alpine orogeny(encyclopedia)
Alleghenian orogeny(encyclopedia)
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Taconic Orogeny(encyclopedia)
mullet(encyclopedia)
mullet(medicine)

mullet(1) (iou) and orogeny (as used in expressions) (sh)


mullet(1) (iou)



mullet noun1. Pl. same, -s. LME.
[Old French mulet, from Latin mullus red mullet from Greek mullos rel. to melos black: see -ET1.]
Any of various edible, mainly marine fishes, esp. of the Families Mullidae and Mugilidae; US a grey mullet.
grey mullet: see GREY adjective. red mullet a mullet of the family Mullidae; spec. a red or reddish-brown Food fish, Mullus surmuletus, of the Mediterranean and NE Atlantic.
Comb.: mullet-head US colloq. (a) a freshwater fish with a large flat head; (b) a stupid person; mullet-headed adjective (US colloq.) stupid.

orogeny (as used in expressions) (sh)