ctoria).

Sea-M.--
<i>M. grandis</i>, Castln.

In New Zealand, the Mullet is <i>Mugil perusii</i>, called
the Silver-Mullet (Maori name, <i>Kanae</i>); and the Sea-Mullet,
<i>Agonostoma forsteri</i> (Maori name, <i>Aua</i>, q.v.);
abundant also in Tasmanian estuaries.

The Sand-Mullet in Tasmania is <i>Mugil cephalotus</i>,
Cuv. and Val. See also <i>Red-Mullet</i>.

1890. `Victorian Statutes--Fisheries Act, Second Schedule':

[Close Season.] "Sand-mullet or poddies."

<hw>Mullock</hw>, <i>n</i>. In English, the word is obsolete;
it was used by Chaucer in the sense of refuse, dirt. In
Australia, it is confined to" `rubbish, dirt, stuff taken out
of a mine--the refuse after the vein-stuff is taken away'
(Brough Smyth's `Glossary')."

1864. J. Rogers, `New Rush,' pt. ii. p. 26:

"A man each windlass-handle working slow,
Raises the mullock from his mate below."

1874. Garnet Walch, `Head over Heels, p. 77:

"But still we worked on--same old tune
For nothin' but mullock come up."

<hw>Mullock over</hw>, <i>v</i>. Shearing slang.
See quotation.

1893. `The Age,' Sept. 23, p. 14, col. 4:

"I affirm as a practical shearer, that no man could shear 321
sheep in eight hours, although I will admit he might do what we
shearers call `mullock over' that number; and what is more, no
manager or overseer who knows his work would allow a shearer to
do that number of sheep or lambs in one day."

<hw>Munyeru</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to the small black seeds
of <i>Claytonia balonnensis</i>, F. v. M.,
<i>N.O. Portulaceae</i>, which are ground up and mixed with
water so as to form a paste. It forms a staple article of diet
amongst the Arunta and other tribes of Central Australia.

1896. E. C. Stirling, `Horne Expedition in Central
Australia,' Anthropology, p. 56:

"In these districts `Munyeru' takes the place of the spore
cases of `Nardoo' (<i>Marsilea quadrifolia</i>), which is so
much used in the Barcoo and other districts to the south and
east, these being treated in a similar way."

<hw>Murray-Carp</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Carp</i>.

<hw>Murray-Cod</hw>, <i>n</i>. an important fresh-water
food-fish, <i>Oligorus macquariensis</i>, Cuv. and Val., called
<i>Kookoobal</i> by the aborigines of the Murrumbidgee, and
<i>Pundy</i> by those of the Lower Murray. A closely allied
species is called the <i>Murray-Perch</i>. Has been known to
reach a weight of 120 lbs.

1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expediti