Advertisement

Advertisement

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.


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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Example Sentences

The Moorish idol, a black-and-yellow striped fish with a mane-like dorsal fin spine, requires lots of space.

Green and hawksbill turtles; false clown anemonefish; angelfish; masked butterflyfish; chocolate chip and blue sea stars; moorish idol; giant moray, black-finned snake, white-eyed moray, honeycomb moray and yellow margin moray eels; triggerfish; pipefish; boxfish; pufferfish; bumphead parrotfish; giant grouper; raggy and devil scorpionfish; broadclub cuttlefish; and giant and painted frogfish.

Bright, jumbo-size Moorish idol fish trail dorsal fins longer than their bodies; dotting the seascape are healthy corals and fat purple barrel sponges, some occupied by spotted groupers.

Here we spied vivid Moorish idol fish and yellow puffer fish in the aquarium-like calm, supplanted by larger tuna as we rounded the rough windward side.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Moorishmoorland