isis
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name.
Noun edit
isis (plural isises)
- (zoology) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isididae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints.
- 1834, John Mason Good, The Book of Nature:
- […] the numerous families of coral, which, under the form of tubular, starry, or stony stems, are denominated tubipores, madrepores, and isises.
Yami edit
Noun edit
isis
- scale (of fish)