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mo⋅ray

  [mawr-ey, mohr-ey; maw-rey, moh-]
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–noun, plural -rays.
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
Also called moray eel.

Origin:
1615–25, Americanism; < Pg moréia < L mūraena < Gk mȳ́raina lamprey
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Word Origin & History

moray 
1624, from Port. moreia, from L. muraena "sea eel, lamprey," from Gk. smyraina, from smyros "sea eel."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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