Translingual

Mugil cephalus

Proper noun

Mugil m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mugilidae – the grey mullet.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria - clade; Mugiliformes - order; Mugilidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mugil cephalus - type species; Mugil bananensis, Mugil broussonnetii, Mugil capurrii, Mugil curema, Mugil curvidens, Mugil galapagensis, Mugil gyrans, Mugil hospes, Mugil incilis, Mugil liza, Mugil platanus, Mugil rammelsbergii, Mugil rubrioculus, Mugil setosus, Mugil soiuy, Mugil trichodon - species

Derived terms

• Mugilomorpha

English

Wikispecies

Noun

mugil ‎(plural mugils)

1. Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.

Latin

Etymology

Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- ‎(“slip, slime”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ɡil/, [ˈmuː.ɡɪɫ]

Noun

mūgil m ‎(genitive mūgilis); third declension

1. mullet

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• Italian: muggine

References

• mugil in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press