grey mullet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I like to use sea bream but you can also use grey mullet, or pike if you happen to catch one.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2014
Once, while I was sailing through Reedham Bridge, a grey mullet, of four pounds in weight, leaped into the jolly-boat towing astern, and was captured.
From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by Davies, G. Christopher
The grey mullet, the bream—a fish much resembling in general appearance the English pike—and several others, are excellent eating.
From Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland by Byerley, Frederick, J.
He was in search of grey mullet, with which fish the river abounded; and at this season sharks were very numerous, as they followed the shoals for some distance up the river.
From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
Seeing some fine big fellows swimming about in a deep hole is a great temptation, especially when you know they are grey mullet, and the chef de cuisine is short of the wherewithal for dinner.
From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
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