rouget

noun

rou·​get

rüˈzhā

plural -s

: any of several food fish of the family Mullidae and especially of the genus Mullus (as M. surmuletus and M. barbatus) : red mullet

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French, from rouge red

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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