Pearlfish (Noun)
Meaning
Found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Pearlfish are often found living within the alimentary canals of sea cucumbers, feeding on their hosts' undigested food particles.
- A diver spotted a pearlfish hiding between the shells of a pearl oyster in a shallow seagrass bed.
- Researchers discovered that pearlfish can live inside the digestive system of certain sea cucumbers without harming them.
- Pearlfish are well-known for their unusual ability to inhabit the alimentary canals of some species of sea cucumbers.
- The rare pearlfish was found hiding between the shells of a pearl oyster in a shallow seagrass bed near the coral reef.