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Coastal vs Cunjevoi - What's the difference?

coastal | cunjevoi |

As an adjective coastal

is (geography) relating to the coast; on or near the coast, as a coastal town'', ''a coastal breeze .

As a noun cunjevoi is

(australia) a coastal sea squirt, , found in some parts of australia and south africa.

coastal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (geography) Relating to the coast; on or near the coast, as a coastal town'', ''a coastal breeze
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    Derived terms

    *

    cunjevoi

    English

    (Pyura stolonifera) (Pyura stolonifera)

    Alternative forms

    * conjevoi, cunjeboi, conjeboy

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (Australia) A coastal sea squirt, , found in some parts of Australia and South Africa.
  • * 1993 , A. J. Underwood, M. G. Chapman, Seashores: A Beachcomber's Guide , page 39,
  • All along our coast, cunjevoi are destroyed by fishermen, who use them for bait and, as a result, the other animals and plants that live in association with them are also killed.
  • * 2006 , Frank Prokop, Australian Fish Guide , page 275,
  • The cunjevoi' is an unusual animal, being born as a larvae with a notochord or primitive backbone, before becoming attached to the rocks and growing its brown leathery coat. ' Cunjevoi grow in colonies and form their own ecosystem around them, from the absolute bottom of the lowest tide to above the half mean tide on exposed rocks.
  • * 2011 , Colin Graham Smith, Shadows of War , page 31,
  • There were three types of natural bait: ugari, worms and cunjevois .

    Derived terms

    * cunji

    Synonyms

    * (Pyura stolonifera) red bait (South Africa), rooi aas (South Africa)