mújol

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mugil.

Pronunciation

Noun

mújol m (plural mújols)

  1. mullet (fish)
    Synonym: llíssera

Descendants

  • → Spanish: mújol

Further reading

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan mújol, from Latin mugil. Doublet of múgil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuxol/
  • Rhymes: -uxol
  • Syllabification: mú‧jol

Noun

mújol m (plural mújoles)

  1. mullet (fish), especially the grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
    Synonyms: cabezudo, lisa, múgil
    • 1911, Benito Pérez Galdós, La Primera República:
      Con este vivir fácil y mis calderetas de mújol fresco al medio día, mis fritangas de barbos y bogas por las noches, con algún hojaldre de añadidura, me reconstituí en mi ser normal apartando mis ojos de la cara fea de la muerte.
      With this easy living and my fresh mullet stews for lunch, fried barbel and characin for dinner, with one or another pastry thrown in, I got back to my good old self up and took my eyes away from the ugly face of death.
    • 2003, Manuel Julivert, El Sáhara: Tierras, pueblos y culturas:
      Durante esta época tienen lugar en el Banco de Arguin las grandes pescas de mújoles. Los mejores lugares para ello son los alrededores de las grandes islas (Tidra, Kiji) y las proximidades de la costa, muy especialmente la costa al sur del Cabo Timrist.
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