moray

moray

See also: Moray

English

Alternative forms

• maray, muray (archaic)

Etymology

From Portuguese moreia, from Latin murēna (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμύραινα (smúraina), from σμύρος (smúros, “sea eel”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.ɹeɪ/, /ˈmɔː.ɹeɪ/, /məˈɹeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

moray (plural morays)

1. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.

Synonyms

• moray eel

Derived terms

• green moray
• yellow moray

Translations

eels of the family Muraenidae

Armenian: Middle Armenian: փողոշ (pʿołoš), փողոշուկ (pʿołošuk) Bulgarian: мурена f (murena) Catalan: morena (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 海鱔／海鳝 (hǎishàn) Finnish: mureena (fi) French: murène (fr) f Galician: morea (gl) f German: Muräne (de) f Greek: σμέρνα (el) f (smérna) Ancient: μύραινα f (múraina) Hungarian: muréna Italian: murena (it) f Japanese: 鱓 (ja) (ウツボ, うつぼ, utsubo) Latin: mūraena f Polish: murena (pl) f Portuguese: moreia (pt) f Russian: муре́на (ru) f (muréna) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: му̀рина Roman: mùrina (sh) Spanish: morena (es) f Swedish: muräna (sv) c Turkish: müren balığı

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “moray”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Amory, Mayor, Raymo, mayor