Moorish idol in British English
noun
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
Moorish idol in American English
noun
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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Word lists withMoorish idol
Types of fish- hairgrip
- hairier
- hairiest
- hairif
- hair implant
- hairiness
- hair lacquer
- hair-lacquer
- hairless
- hairlessness
- hairlike
- hairline
- hairline crack
- hairline fracture
- hair-lock
- hair loss
- hair net
- hairnet
- hair of the dog
- hair of the dog (that bit one)
- hair of the dog that bit one
- hair-of-the-dog-that-bit-one
- hair oil
- hairpiece
- hairpin