From a popular belief associating Moors with them. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Moorish idol (plural Moorish idols)
- A fish of the species Zanclus cornutus, a colorful marine tropical fish often kept in aquaria.
- Synonym: toby
Zanclus cornutus
- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: شُوش m (šūš)
- Carolinian: please add this translation if you can
- Cebuano: sangguwanding
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Chuukese: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: sarvikala
- French: idole mauresque m, idole des Maures m
- German: Halfterfisch m
- Gilbertese: ibaba, ieniwa, ntibetibe
- Hawaiian: kihikihi
- Italian: idolo moresco m
- Japanese: 角出, ツノダシ (tsunodashi)
- Korean: 깃대돔 (gitdaedom)
- Kosraean: please add this translation if you can
- Mapia: please add this translation if you can
- Marshallese: jourur
- Mokilese: namwpwo
- Mortlockese: please add this translation if you can
- Namonuito: please add this translation if you can
- Nauruan: please add this translation if you can
- Pááfang: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Pingelapese: please add this translation if you can
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Morish aid'l
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- Satawalese: please add this translation if you can
- Somali: please add this translation if you can
- Sonsorolese: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: ídolo moro m
- Tanapag: please add this translation if you can
- Tobian: please add this translation if you can
- Ulithian: please add this translation if you can
- Woleaian: please add this translation if you can
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