Moorish idol


noun
  1. a black, white, and yellow fish, Zanclus cornutus (or canescens), inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, having a long snout and an elongated dorsal fin.

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  • Kihikihi, the Hawaiians call one of them, and his friends the white folk have christened him Moorish idol.

    The Pacific Triangle | Sydney Greenbie

British Dictionary definitions for Moorish idol

Moorish idol

noun
  1. a tropical marine spiny-finned fish, Zanclus canescens, that is common around coral reefs: family Zanclidae. It has a deeply compressed body with yellow and black stripes, a beaklike snout, and an elongated dorsal fin

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