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moray
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun moray has 1 sense
- moray(n = noun.animal) moray eel - family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked; Array is a kind of eel
is a member of family muraenidae, muraenidae
OXFORD DICTIONARY
moray, n. any tropical eel-like fish of the family Muraenidae, esp. Muraena helena found in Mediterranean waters.
Etymology
Port. moreia f. L f. Gk muraina
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