Cunji vs Cunjevoi - What's the difference?
cunji | cunjevoi | Derived terms |
(Australia, colloquial)
* 1998 June, , Biology Bytes , Vol 1, No 4, [http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/school/mag/intro/98bytes/jun98/Bytes_June98.html],
* 2007 , Gary Brown, Fishing Guide to Sydney-Hawkesbury ,
(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 ,
* 2006 , Frank Prokop, Australian Fish Guide ,
* 2011 , Colin Graham Smith, Shadows of War ,
Cunji is a derived term of cunjevoi.
As nouns the difference between cunji and cunjevoi
is that cunji is (australia|colloquial) while cunjevoi is (australia) a coastal sea squirt, , found in some parts of australia and south africa.cunji
English
Noun
(cunji)- Sydney's most common tunicate, cunjivoy (Pyura stolonifera....or "cunji" to the locals), is an icon. There are even poems about the stoic cunji !
page 77,
- Try using abalone gut, peeled prawns and cunji for bait for the bream and drummer found here.
cunjevoi
English
(Pyura stolonifera) (Pyura stolonifera)Alternative forms
* conjevoi, cunjeboi, conjeboyNoun
(en-noun)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.
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.
page 31,
- There were three types of natural bait: ugari, worms and cunjevois .
