moray
pronunciation
How to pronounce moray in British English:
UK [mɒˈreɪ; ˈmɒreɪ]
How to pronounce moray in American English:
US [ 'mɝri]
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- Noun:
- family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
Word Origin
- moray (n.)
- 1620s, from Portuguese moreia, from Latin muraena "sea eel, lamprey," from Greek smyraina, from smyros "sea eel."
Example
- 1. A moray eel lurks outside a cage full of fish in the Caribbean Sea .
- 2. That squirt of ink contains an anesthetic that foils the moray 's sensitive nose .
- 3. is very wrong !’ I was pleased about that.But Moray didn ’ t listen .
- 4. My half-brother , the Earl of Moray , tried to stop the marriage .
- 5. American torpedoes were still failing when the Moray set forth on its first war patrol .