white mullet

noun

1

: a silvery mullet (Mugil curema) of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts

2

: any of several silvery suckers of the genus Moxostoma (family Catostomidae)

especially : a fish (M. papillosum) of the coastal streams from the Dismal swamp southward

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