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Moorish idol
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English
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Etymology
From a supposed reverence en Muslims somewhere around the en Indo-Pacific (often colloquially called "en Moors" by the Europeans) had for the fish.IDOLE MAURE Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) N° 2225 doris.ffessm.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
Pronunciation
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Noun
A fish of the species Zanclus cornutus species, a colorful en marina en tropical fish often kept in en aquaria.
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Translations
Zanclus cornutus
Amharic: am
Arabic: ar شُوش m
Carolinian: cal
Cebuano: ceb sangguwanding
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn
Chuukese: chk
Finnish: fi sarvikala
French: fr idole mauresque m, fr idole des Maures m
German: de Halfterfisch m
Gilbertese: gil ibaba, gil ieniwa, gil ntibetibe
Hawaiian: haw kihikihi
Italian: it idolo moresco m
Japanese: ja 角出, ja ツノダシ tsunodashi
Korean: ko 깃대돔
Kosraean: kos
Mapia: mpy
Marshallese: mh jourur
Mokilese: mkj namwpwo
Mortlockese: mrl
Namonuito: nmt
Nauruan: na
Pááfang: pfa
Persian: fa
Pingelapese: pif
Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Morish aid'l
Pohnpeian: pon senserek
Polish: pl idolek mauretański m
Portuguese: pt zanclo, pt ídolo-mouro
Puluwat: puw
Satawalese: stw
Somali: so
Sonsorolese: sov
Spanish: es ídolo moro m
Tanapag: tpv
Tobian: tox
Ulithian: uli
Woleaian: woe
References
en Acanthuroid fish