mullet
noun
any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
molet
-
a variation of
mullet.
Example Sentences
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A deed delivered at Lapworth in Warwickshire in 1466 is sealed with arms of “a molet between three demi-leopards.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
The star is not pierced in the fashion of the molet; but, like the molet, it tends to lose its sixth point in armory of the decadence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
In ancient rolls of arms the word Rowel is often used, and probably indicated the pierced molet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Thomas of Merstone, a clerk, bore on his seal in 1359 “Ermine a lozenge with a pierced molet thereon.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Odingseles bore “Silver a fesse gules with a molet gules in the quarter.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
