moray

See also: Moray

English

Etymology

From Portuguese moreia, from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒɹeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

moray (plural morays)

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

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References

  1. ↑ “moray” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

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