单词 | moorish idol |
释义 | > as lemmasMoorish idol Moorish idol n. a perciform fish of coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific oceans, Zanclus canescens (or Z. cornutus) (family Zanclidae) with bold vertical yellow and black bands and a deep, short body with a beak-like snout; also called toby. ΚΠ 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study Fishes xxiii. 406 The family of Zandidæ includes a single species, the Moorish idol or kihi kihi, Zanclus canescens. 1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 208 Because of its beauty, the spectacular 7-inch moorish idol..is usually selected by artists as the typical fish of the tropical Indo-Pacific reefs. 1999 Nature 21 Jan. 211/2 The tank was stocked with the young of the Indo-Pacific coral-reef fish Zanclus cornutus,..known as the Moorish idol or the kihikihi in Hawaiian. < as lemmas |
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