moray

See also: Moray

English

Etymology

From Portuguese moreia, from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɹeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

moray (plural morays)

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

Synonyms

• moray eel

Translations

eels of the family Muraenidae

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海鱔, 海鳝 (hǎishàn)

• Finnish: mureena (fi)
• French: murène (fr) f
• German: Muräne (de) f
• Greek: σμέρνα (el) f (smérna)

• Japanese: 鱓 (ja) (ウツボ, うつぼ, utsubo)
• Russian: муре́на (ru) f (muréna)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: му̀рина

  Roman: mùrina (sh)

• Spanish: morena (es) f

Anagrams

• Amory, Mayor, mayor