Meaning

1 senses

  1. Any of various brightly colored marine eels of the family Muraenidae, of warm coastal waters.

    family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked

Examples

5 sentences

  1. I was bitten by a moray eel.

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  2. Tom's hand was bitten by a moray eel.

    ruРуку Тома укусила мурена. — Wezel

    deTom wurde von einer Muräne in die Hand gebissen. — brauchinet

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  3. A moray eel bit me.

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  4. My nose was 5 inches from a moray eel.

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  5. The moray eel isn't as aggressive as it seems.

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Forms

plural: moray eels
Singularmoray eel
Pluralmoray eels

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
moray
Close in meaning
  • family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked:moray

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
morallyB2morassmoratoriummoraymorbidmoreA1
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