"moray" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒ.ɹeɪ/, /ˈmɔː.ɹeɪ/, /məˈɹeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moray1.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moray2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moray3.wav [Southern-England] Forms: morays [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹeɪ, -eɪ Etymology: From Portuguese moreia, from Latin murēna (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμύραινα (smúraina), from σμύρος (smúros, “sea eel”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|moreia}} Portuguese moreia, {{der|en|la|murēna||sea eel, lamprey}} Latin murēna (“sea eel, lamprey”), {{der|en|grc|σμύραινα}} Ancient Greek σμύραινα (smúraina), {{m|grc|σμύρος||sea eel}} σμύρος (smúros, “sea eel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} moray (plural morays)
  1. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae. Wikipedia link: moray eel Categories (lifeform): Eels Synonyms: moray eel, maray, muray [archaic] Derived forms: conger moray, goldentail moray, green moray, laced moray, snowflake moray, yellow moray Translations (eels of the family Muraenidae): μύραινα (múraina) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), мурена (murena) [feminine] (Bulgarian), morena [feminine] (Catalan), 海鱔 (Chinese Mandarin), 海鳝 (hǎishàn) (Chinese Mandarin), mureena (Finnish), murène [feminine] (French), morea [feminine] (Galician), Muräne [feminine] (German), σμέρνα (smérna) [feminine] (Greek), muréna (Hungarian), murena [feminine] (Italian), (alt: ウツボ, うつぼ, utsubo) (Japanese), mūraena [feminine] (Latin), փողոշ (pʻoġoš) (Middle Armenian), փողոշուկ (pʻoġošuk) (Middle Armenian), murena [feminine] (Polish), moreia [feminine] (Portuguese), муре́на (muréna) [feminine] (Russian), му̀рина [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), mùrina [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), morena [feminine] (Spanish), muräna [common-gender] (Swedish), müren balığı (Turkish)

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "eels of the family Muraenidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moreia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "muréna",
      "sense": "eels of the family Muraenidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "муре́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "eels of the family Muraenidae",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "му̀рина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "eels of the family Muraenidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mùrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "eels of the family Muraenidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "eels of the family Muraenidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "muräna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "eels of the family Muraenidae",
      "word": "müren balığı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moray"
}

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