Akademik

moray eel

noun

family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked

• Syn: ↑moray

• Hypernyms: ↑eel

• Member Holonyms: ↑Muraenidae, ↑family Muraenidae

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noun

see moray I

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moray 7 [moray morays] [mɒˈreɪ] [ˈmɒreɪ] [ˈmɔːreɪ] (also ˌmoray ˈeel) noun

a type of ↑eel that hides among rocks in tropical waters

 

Word Origin:

early 17th cent.: from Portuguese moréia, via Latin from Greek muraina.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.