Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mugil \Mu"gil\, n. [L., a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See {Mullet}.
Percesoces \Per*ces"o*ces\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. perca a perch +
esox, -ocis, a pike.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of fishes including the gray mullets ({Mugil}), the
barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So
called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.
Source : WordNet®
Mugil
n : type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets [syn: {genus Mugil}]