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moray

(môr′ā; mô rā′, mə-)

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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

in full moray eel

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

administrative division of NE Scotland: formerly a county & district

See moray in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of numerous chiefly tropical, brightly colored marine eels of the family Muraenidae that are ferocious fighters and commonly inhabit coral reefs.

Origin:

Origin: Portuguese moréia

Origin: , from Latin mūrēna

Origin: , from Greek mūraina

Origin: , from mūros, a kind of eel

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