moray

See also: Moray

English

Etymology

From Portuguese moreia, from Latin murēna (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμύραινα (smúraina), from σμύρος (smúros, “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, 2001–2019.

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