white cloud

American  

noun

1. a small, brightly colored freshwater fish, Tanichthys albonubes, native to China: popular in home aquariums.

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Etymology

Origin of white cloud

By ellipsis from White Cloud Mountain fish, after a hill of the same name ( Chinese Bǎiyún shān ), NE of Canton, China, where the fish was discovered in 1932

Example Sentences

Another sprayed a fire extinguisher, sending up a white cloud.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is easy to find the holes they make when they plummet into the snow but very hard to catch them off guard because when they hear the sound of someone or something coming through the snow, they explode up and out in a white cloud.

From Literature

Ash flew up in a blinding white cloud as the helicopter tried to take off.

From Literature

While New Zealand is the legal name of the country and can only be changed by law, Aotearoa, which translates to "land of the long white cloud", has long been used when referring to New Zealand in Māori.

From BBC

Pictures shared with the BBC showed a white cloud in a mushroom shape hanging above the second of two plants in the area, known as Heysham 2.

From BBC