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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

Mor⋅ay

  [mur-ee]
–noun
a historic county in NE Scotland, on Moray Firth.
Formerly, Elgin.
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mo·ray   (môr'ā, mə-rā')   
n.  Any of numerous chiefly tropical, brightly colored marine eels of the family Muraenidae that are ferocious fighters and commonly inhabit coral reefs.

[Portuguese moréia, from Latin mūrēna, from Greek mūraina, from mūros, a kind of eel.]
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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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Moray

council area and historic county of northeastern Scotland, extending inland from the southern shore of the Moray Firth. The council area and the historic county occupy somewhat different areas. Most of the historic county of Moray lies within the council area of the same name, but the southern portion of the county, including Grantown-on-Spey, is part of the Highland council area. The Moray council area, however, also contains most of the historic county of Banffshire.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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