moray

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See also Moray

English

Etymology

From Portuguese moreia, from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smyraina), from σμυρος (smyros, “sea eel”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɹeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

moray (plural morays)

1. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.

Synonyms

• moray eel

Translations

eels of the family Muraenidae

• German: Muräne (de) f
• Greek: σμέρνα (el) (smérna) f

• Russian: мурена (ru) (mur'éna) f
• Spanish: morena (es) f

Anagrams

• Amory
• mayor

References