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Definition of Moorish idol in English: Moorish idolnoun A disc-shaped fish with bold vertical black-and-white bands and a very tall tapering dorsal fin, of coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. Zanclus cornutus, family Acanthuridae Also called toby Example sentencesExamples - Schools of small blue fish raced in and out of the corals and a beautiful Moorish idol posed long enough for several photographs.
- There even seems to be an improvement in some respects; normally shy fish like Moorish idols and coral trout have apparently become quite accustomed to divers, and act much more approachable than just a few years ago.
- Species associated with the Great Barrier Reef, such as Moorish idols, trumpetfish, butterfly, angelfish and fairy basslets co-exist with temperate seaweeds and fish that like colder climates.
- Closer to the reef and in among a necklace of smaller granite boulders are all the usual reef fish - butterflyfish, damselfish, Moorish idols, triggerfish, angelfish, groupers and lionfish.
- Overhead swim great shoals of pencilled surgeonfish, yellow butterfly fish and brilliantly coloured Moorish idols.
- We dropped onto yet another inauspicious tract of coral and I photographed a couple of browsing hawksbill turtles, one closely attended by a Moorish idol.
- Inside I photographed Moorish idols as they swam over various artefacts.
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