Moray
[mɒ'reɪ;'mɒreɪ] or ['mɔre]
Definition
(noun.) family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked.
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Definition
(n.) A muraena.
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Definition
n. an apodal eel-like fish of the Mur鎛a family.—Also Ma′ray Mu′ray Mur′ry.
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Examples
- Sir John Moray, as President, wrote to Monsieur de Monmort, around whom, after the death of Mersenne, the scientific coterie in Paris had gathered. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- New names appear on the records, Lord Brouncker, Sir Robert Moray, John Evelyn, Brereton, Ball, Robert Hooke, and Abraham Cowley. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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