Searches , social queries for MULLERS RATCHET
Search references for MULLERS RATCHET. Phrases containing MULLERS RATCHET
See searches and references containing MULLERS RATCHET!
Search references for MULLERS RATCHET. Phrases containing MULLERS RATCHET
See searches and references containing MULLERS RATCHET!MULLERS RATCHET
Accumulation of harmful mutations
In evolutionary genetics, Muller's ratchet (named after American geneticist Hermann Joseph Muller, by analogy with a ratchet effect) is a process which
Muller's_ratchet
Restrained ability of human process reversal
The ratchet effect is a concept in sociology and economics illustrating the difficulty with reversing a course of action once a specific thing has occurred
Ratchet_effect
immediately following studies employ sex to overcome Muller's ratchet while papers that demonstrate Muller's ratchet (i.e., without employing sex to overcome the
Bacteriophage experimental evolution
Bacteriophage_experimental_evolution
List of extinct species
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Lists_of_extinct_species
Last known individual of a species or subspecies
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Endling
are named in honor of Hermann Joseph Muller, who used them to explain his idea of Muller's ratchet. In a Muller plot, the horizontal axis typically shows
Muller_plot
Order of bacteria
coding density and genes are generally attributed to genetic drift and Muller's ratchet. Genetic drift is enhanced in Rickettsiales genomes due to low population
Rickettsiales
IUCN conservation category
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Extinct_in_the_wild
Disappearance of a species from a specific area
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Local_extinction
Surname list
Muller (1905–1980), American historian, academic, government official and author Hermann Joseph Muller (1890–1967), US geneticist (Muller's ratchet)
Muller
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
List_of_extinct_butterflies
Bioengineering project with the goal of replicating an extinct species
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Colossal Biosciences dire wolf project
Colossal_Biosciences_dire_wolf_project
Type of evolutionary extinction vortex
catastrophe Error threshold Extinction vortex Genetic load Genetic erosion Muller's ratchet Evolutionary mismatch Coron, Camille; Méléard, Sylvie; Porcher, Emmanuelle;
Mutational_meltdown
early work on the evolution of bacteriocins, his demonstration of Muller’s ratchet in the RNA Virus Phi-6 and his work on sex in viruses. More recently
Lin_Chao
Statistical effects of small numbers on a population
Continued fixation of deleterious alleles in small populations is called Muller's ratchet, and can lead to mutational meltdown. Inbreeding: In a small population
Small_population_size
Species of fish
determine how the Amazon molly has not gone extinct or developed a Muller's ratchet of mutations. Researchers believe the answer is in the genome of the
Amazon_molly
Sex chromosome in the XY sex-determination system
contributes to the species-wide degeneration of Y chromosomes through Muller's ratchet. As has already been mentioned, the Y chromosome is unable to recombine
Y_chromosome
Ecological interaction between taxa
reinstate their wild type phenotype via a recombination process called Muller's ratchet. This, together with reduced population, leads to an accretion of deleterious
Symbiosis
Chromosomal system
degeneration of the avian W from an ancestral Z-like chromosome, similar to Muller's ratchet for the Y, is probably driven by selection for male-advantageous genes
ZW_sex-determination_system
Symbol to represent mass extinction
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Extinction_symbol
End of the human species
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Human_extinction
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
List_of_extinction_events
Organism resembling a form long shown in the fossil records
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Living_fossil
Subfield of genetics
plays a key role in other classical and recent theories including Muller's ratchet, subfunctionalization, Eigen's concept of an error catastrophe and
Population_genetics
American biologist (1890–1967)
J. Muller (Indiana University Press, 1962). Mutagenesis Bateson–Dobzhansky–Muller model Repository for Germinal Choice Muller's ratchet Muller's morphs
Hermann_Joseph_Muller
Population structure of viruses with a large number of variant genomes
transfers. This design served to verify experimentally the operation of Müller's ratchet, or fitness decrease by the irreversible incorporation of mutations
Viral_quasispecies
Class of models about the dynamics of extinctions of species
and decreased population density. Error catastrophe Error threshold Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Population dynamics Small population size Gilpin
Extinction_vortex
Biological system that determines the sex of offspring
(though see pseudoautosomal region), it is susceptible to decay by Muller's ratchet. Similarly, the W chromosome in a ZW sex-determination system is susceptible
XO_sex-determination_system
Reproduction by closely related organisms
is not as effective. Fixation of alleles most likely occurs through Muller's ratchet, when an asexual population's genome accumulates deleterious mutations
Inbreeding
Measure in population genetics
populations, the stochastic accumulation of mutation load is called Muller's ratchet, and occurs in the absence of beneficial mutations, when after the
Genetic_load
interest resulting from anisogamy.[clarification needed] Parasites and Muller's ratchet R. Stephen Howard and Curtis Lively were the first to suggest that
Evolution of sexual reproduction
Evolution_of_sexual_reproduction
End of viability for a population
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Functional_extinction
UK-based charity
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Population_Matters
Conservation status indicator
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Red_List_Index
Standard rate of extinction
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Background_extinction_rate
Theoretical limit on rate of mutation
Error catastrophe Extinction vortex Genetic entropy Genetic erosion Muller's ratchet Holmes, Edward C. (2009). The Evolution and Emergence of RNA Viruses
Error_threshold_(evolution)
Environmental movement
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement
Gradual evolutionary change in a species without splitting
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Anagenesis
Limit on the speed of beneficial evolution
of relative fitness. Error catastrophe Genetic drift Genetic load Muller's ratchet Kimura M (February 1968). "Evolutionary rate at the molecular level"
Haldane's_dilemma
mosaic evolution – most recent common ancestor – Hermann Joseph Muller – Muller's ratchet – mutation – mutational meltdown natural selection – natural genetic
Index of evolutionary biology articles
Index_of_evolutionary_biology_articles
Loss of the copy of a gene from one parent in a diploid organism
fitness consequences are closer to neutrality, this process should drive Muller's ratchet more quickly than de-novo mutations. While this process has received
Loss_of_heterozygosity
Genus of single-celled organisms
of genes from other organisms. Other genes have degenerated due to Muller's ratchet – accumulations of harmful mutations due to genetic isolation, and
Paulinella
Phenomenon inducing a loss of genetic diversity
populations. Background selection in asexual populations produces Muller's ratchet, the accumulation of irreversible deleterious mutations. Background
Background_selection
Wildlife sanctuary in Malaysia
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre
Sepilok_Orangutan_Rehabilitation_Centre
Termination of a species' lineage
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Extinction
Paradox coined by Michael Rosenzweig
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Paradox_of_enrichment
2009 studio album by the Rakes
the Working Woman" "1989" "Shackleton" "The Light from Your Mac" "Muller's Ratchet" "The Final Hill" "Demons" (iTunes Bonus Track) Alan Donohoe – vocals
Klang_(album)
Rapid decrease in Earth's biodiversity
208R. doi:10.1038/nature03339. PMID 15758998. S2CID 32520208. Muller RA. "Nemesis". Muller.lbl.gov. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Retrieved 19 May 2007
Extinction_event
Process of re-creating an extinct organism
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
De-extinction
Shuffling of genetic material
variation. It also allows sexually reproducing organisms to avoid Muller's ratchet, in which the genomes of an asexual population tend to accumulate more
Genetic_recombination
Postulated extinct species without evidence
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Hypothetical_species
Extinct subspecies of Iberian ibex
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Pyrenean_ibex
Allele equilibrium in a population when creation equals elimination by negative selection
(October 1978). "The accumulation of deleterious genes in a population—Muller's Ratchet". Theoretical Population Biology. 14 (2): 251–267. Bibcode:1978TPBio
Mutation–selection_balance
Organelle in eukaryotic cells responsible for respiration
and with little to no recombination may be expected to be subject to Muller's ratchet, the accumulation of deleterious mutations until functionality is lost
Mitochondria
Mass extinction ending the Triassic period
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Triassic–Jurassic_extinction
Level of extinction from which a species cannot recover
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Quasi-extinction
Process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Habitat_destruction
Paleoproterozoic surge in atmospheric oxygen
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Great_Oxidation_Event
morphogenesis – morphometrics – morula – MRI – MTT assay – mucous membrane - Muller's ratchet – multiresistance – muscle – mutagen – mutation – mutational meltdown
Index_of_biology_articles
2001 volunteer computing project
of evolution@home was designed to better predict the behaviour of Muller's ratchet. The project was operated semi-automatically; participants had to manually
Evolution@Home
Adages and sayings named after a person
Outlined in 1965 by Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corporation. Muller's ratchet where mutations in a species will tend to accumulate. Muphry's law:
List of laws named after people
List_of_laws_named_after_people
Hypothetical model of extinction
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Field_of_bullets
2014 nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The_Sixth_Extinction:_An_Unnatural_History
Mass extinction event c. 444 million years ago
Bibcode:2010PPP...296..389M. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.08.001. Rohde & Muller; Muller, RA (2005). "Cycles in Fossil Diversity". Nature. 434 (7030): 208–210
Late Ordovician mass extinction
Late_Ordovician_mass_extinction
Future extinction of species due to events in the past
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Extinction_debt
When the populace of a non-human species exceeds the carrying capacity of its environment
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Overabundant_species
Global biodiversity index
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Living_Planet_Index
Phenomenon where a species is perpetuated by a daughter species
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Pseudoextinction
Species of virus
been used as a model organism to test evolutionary theory such as Muller's ratchet. Phage Φ6 has been used extensively in additional phage experimental
Pseudomonas_virus_phi6
Ecological trend recorded since the late 20th century
Jongejans, Eelke; Siepel, Henk; Hofland, Nick; Schwan, Heinz; Stenmans, Werner; Müller, Andreas; Sumser, Hubert; Hörren, Thomas; Goulson, Dave; de Kroon, Hans
Decline_in_insect_populations
Termination of a species caused by conservation of a different species
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Conservation-induced extinction
Conservation-induced_extinction
Loss of one species endangers other species
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Coextinction
Location of an isolated population of a formerly-widespread species
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Refugium_(population_biology)
Taxon that disappears from the fossil record, only to reappear later
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Lazarus_taxon
Geological process
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Bioevent
early work on the evolution of bacteriocins, his demonstration of Muller's ratchet in the RNA Virus Phi-6 Jiun-Shyan Chen, engineering professor Shu Chien
List of University of California, San Diego people
List_of_University_of_California,_San_Diego_people
American biologist
accumulate mutations. They also accumulate deleterious mutations through Muller's Ratchet, such that genome reduction reflects an evolutionary phenomenon known
Nancy_A._Moran
Depleting a renewable resource
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Overexploitation
Second of the big five mass extinctions
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Late_Devonian_mass_extinction
Evolutionary process
intrinsic genetic incompatibilities, addressed in the Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller model. Genes from allopatric populations will have different evolutionary
Speciation
Polymorphism of organellar DNA sequences in a cell
negative effects of slow accumulations of copies of deleterious mutants (Muller's ratchet). Termed the mitochondrial bottleneck, this random segregation of organelles
Heteroplasmy
Ability to distinguish tissues from another
other offspring will carry few. In this manner, the organism bypasses "Muller's ratchet," the process by which the genomes of an asexual population accumulate
Allorecognition
Mass extinction event 33.9 million years ago
2024. Evans, David; Wade, Bridget S.; Henehan, Michael; Erez, Jonathan; Müller, Wolfgang (6 April 2016). "Revisiting carbonate chemistry controls on planktic
Eocene–Oligocene extinction event
Eocene–Oligocene_extinction_event
Genetic phenomenon
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Genetic_erosion
Biological system that determines the development of an organism's sex
chromosome. Over time, each inverted region decays, possibly due to Muller's ratchet. Primate Y-chromosome evolution was rapid, with multiple inversions
Sex-determination_system
DNA located in mitochondria
and with little to no recombination may be expected to be subject to Muller's ratchet, the accumulation of deleterious mutations until functionality is lost
Mitochondrial_DNA
Alteration in the nucleotide sequence of a genome
Loewe L (April 2006). "Quantifying the genomic decay paradox due to Muller's ratchet in human mitochondrial DNA". Genetical Research. 87 (2): 133–59. doi:10
Mutation
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Timeline of extinctions in the 19th century
Timeline_of_extinctions_in_the_19th_century
Musical artist
"Shackleton", "The Light from Your Mac", "The Final Hill" Klang Guitar "Muller's Ratchet" Guitar, piano "Bitchin' in the Kitchin'", "The Woes of the Working
Chris_Ketley
to but distinct from chimerism. most recent common ancestor (MRCA) Muller's ratchet multifurcation See polytomy. mutant An organism, gene product, or phenotypic
Glossary of genetics and evolutionary biology
Glossary_of_genetics_and_evolutionary_biology
Potential for a species to become threatened or extinct
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Latent_extinction_risk
mutations accumulated on the non-recombining part of the Y-chromosome (Muller's ratchet). Then, two distinct Y-chromosomes, both with different lethal mutations
Balanced_lethal_systems
Point at which a population cannot survive
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Extinction_threshold
Uncontrolled gene flow into wild populations
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Genetic_pollution
Ecology term
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Ecological_extinction
2026 film by Christopher Nolan
You have to approach them the way you approach any other character." A ratchet system was devised to lift stunt performers into the air for the Scylla's
The_Odyssey_(2026_film)
MRI - MSH - mu opioid receptor - mu-chain immunoglobulin - mucin - Muller's ratchet - multiresistance - muscarinic receptor - muscle - muscle protein -
Index of biochemistry articles
Index_of_biochemistry_articles
Ongoing mass extinction of amphibian species worldwide
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Decline in amphibian populations
Decline_in_amphibian_populations
Invasive species Habitat destruction Human impact on the environment Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overabundant species Overexploitation Overshoot
Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene
Timeline_of_extinctions_in_the_Holocene
Species of flowering plant
accumulation of mutations, a gradual increase in mutational load (Muller’s ratchet), and thus the rapid extinction of such asexual lineages. However apomictic
Ranunculus_auricomus
travel, tourism, insurance
MULLERS RATCHET
MULLERS RATCHET
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Mullins.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Holler.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Mullet.Irish (County Wexford) : possibly a variant of Millett.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Feller.
Surname or Lastname
North German and Frisian
North German and Frisian : patronymic from Hiller 3.English : variant of Hillhouse.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Yorkshire)
English (mainly Yorkshire) : patronymic from Seller 1–4.
Surname or Lastname
Respelling of German Ehlers.English
Respelling of German Ehlers.English : habitational name from High and Low Ellers in West Yorkshire, named from Old English alras, plural of alor ‘alder’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : Anglicized form of the common and widespread Gaelic name Ó Maoláin ‘descendant of Maolán’, a byname meaning ‘tonsured one’, ‘devotee’ (from a diminutive of maol ‘bald’).English : topographic name for someone who lived by a mill, or a metonymic occupational name for a miller, from Anglo-Norman French mo(u)lin, mulin ‘mill’ (see Mill). In some instances it may be a variant of Millen, from Middle English mullelane.Dutch and Belgian (van Mullen) : habitational name from Mullem in East Flanders, Mullem in West Flanders, or possibly Mollen in Brabant.Dutch (van (der) Mullen) : variant of van der Molen (see Molen 4).
Surname or Lastname
English (Essex)
English (Essex) : variant of Sullen.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and northern French
English (of Norman origin) and northern French : habitational name from any of the numerous places in France named Viller(s) or Villier(s), from Late Latin villare ‘outlying farm’, ‘dependent settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized form of German Möller (see Moeller).German
Americanized form of German Möller (see Moeller).German : habitational name for someone from Melle.German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Polish : occupational name for a miller or flour merchant, from an agent derivative of German Mehl ‘flour’.English : variant of Miller.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a dresser of cloth, Old English fullere (from Latin fullo, with the addition of the English agent suffix). The Middle English successor of this word had also been reinforced by Old French fouleor, foleur, of similar origin. The work of the fuller was to scour and thicken the raw cloth by beating and trampling it in water. This surname is found mostly in southeast England and East Anglia. See also Tucker and Walker.In a few cases the name may be of German origin with the same form and meaning as 1 (from Latin fullare).Americanized version of French Fournier.Samuel Fuller (1589–1633), born in Redenhall, Norfolk, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He was a deacon of the church and until his death functioned as Plymouth Colony’s physician.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from Middle English molet, mulet ‘mullet’, a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish.nickname from a diminutive of Mule 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : see Mallory.French : from a Frenchified form of a Germanic personal name composed of the elements madal ‘council’ + rīc ‘power’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : occupational name from Old French molineux ‘miller’ (see Molyneux).William Mullins (d. 1621) was one of the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He, his wife, and his son died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, leaving behind his daughter Priscilla, who married John Alden, by whom she had eleven children.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a scribe or copyist, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French bulle ‘letter’, ‘document’.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from a place in Normandy that has not been identified. If it is Bouillé, and so identical with Bulley 1, the -er(s) may have arisen by analogy with other Norman place names in -ière(s) (see for example Villers).German : nickname for a man with a loud voice, from an agent derivative of Middle High German bullen ‘to roar’ (of imitative origin).
Surname or Lastname
English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : topographic name for someone who lived at a millhouse (from Middle English mulle + hus; compare Millhouse), or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, an agent derivative of mille ‘mill’, reinforced by Old Norse mylnari (see Milner). In southern, western, and central England Millward (literally, ‘mill keeper’) was the usual term.Southwestern and Swiss German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Müller (see Mueller).
Boy/Male
French, German
Unhappy; Unlucky
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Buller 2.
MULLERS RATCHET
MULLERS RATCHET
MULLERS RATCHET
MULLERS RATCHET
MULLERS RATCHET
MULLERS RATCHET
MULLERS RATCHET
n.
See Mullein.
a.
Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.
n.
The malleus.
pl.
of Fullery
v. t.
A fuller.
n.
One who mutters.
n.
One who, or that which, mulls.
n.
A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See Mullet.
a.
Pertaining to the malleus.
n.
See Mulley.
n.
A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also moth miller.
n.
Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet.
n.
A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
v. t.
To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.
n.
Same as Mulley.
n.
Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.
pl.
of Malleus
a.
Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.
n.
A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material.
travel, tourism, insurance