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moray Definition

mo·ray (môrā; mô rā, mə-)

noun

any of a family (Muraenidae, order Anguilliformes) of voracious eels of warm seas, characterized by brilliant coloring and found esp. among coral reefs: the Mediterranean moray is valued as a food fish

Etymology: Port moreia < L muraena, kind of fish < Gr myraina

Moray Definition

Moray (mʉrē)

administrative division of NE Scotland: formerly a county & district

moray Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • see: The dive finishes on the shallow reef, where the guests can see a large resident moray.
  • pepper: Black Coral This site is littered with peppered morays which peer out from soft corals.
  • include: The gullies and rock faces have a profusion of life including tiny spotted morays mostly found under the seaweed.
  • use: We will use moray only to create the patch itself, not the other elements of the scene.

Adjective modifier

  • giant: Check the ropes carefully for large sea horses ( Hippocampus kuda ). Also many soft corals, schooling fish, lionfish, giant morays.
  • green: There is also a large green moray that hides in the area.
  • large: The dive finishes on the shallow reef, where the guests can see a large resident moray.
  • spotted: The gullies and rock faces have a profusion of life including tiny spotted morays mostly found under the seaweed.
  • big: Encounters below the surface may include blacktip reef sharks, rays, turtles and big morays.
  • free-swimming: I also did a couple of night dives, where I saw free-swimming morays, octopus, turtles, couple of rays.

Modifies a noun

  • eel: Not being able to see clearly added to the danger from razor sharp growths or the teeth of moray eels.

Noun used with modifier

  • honeycomb: On a night dive we saw a coral cat shark and honeycomb moray.
  • swimming: Blue spotted rays seemed to abound on the sand here and our first sight of a free swimming moray eel.
  • resident: The dive finishes on the shallow reef, where the guests can see a large resident moray.

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