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moray

/ˈmɒ.ɹeɪ/US/ˈmɔɹ.eɪ/

moray noun: any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.

Noun

moray (plural morays)

  1. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
    Synonyms:
    moray eel

Proper noun capitalized: Moray

IPA/ˈmʌɹi/

Moray

  1. A historical county in northern Scotland, absorbed into Grampian Region in 1975.
  2. A local government district in Grampian Region from 1975 until Grampian Region's abolition in 1996.
  3. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  4. An unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.

moray meaning in Tamil and Nepali

moray in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

moray in Nepali

मोरै

Synonyms of moray

Forms of moray

pluralmorays
alternative form (archaic)maray
alternative form (archaic)muray

Origin of moray

From Portuguese moreia, from Latin murēna (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμύραινα (smúraina), from σμύρος (smúros, “sea eel”).

From Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”), of Pictish origin.

Words formed from moray

Phrases with moray

Words that rhyme with moray

Questions about moray

What does moray mean?
Moray means any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
What is moray in Tamil?
Moray in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Moray meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is moray?
Moray can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce moray?
Moray is pronounced /ˈmɒ.ɹeɪ/.
What is the plural of moray?
The plural of moray is morays.

Words near moray in the dictionary

  1. Morawski
  2. Morawskis
  3. moraxella
  4. moraxellae
  5. moraxellas
  6. moray
  7. moray eel
  8. moray eels
  9. Moray Firth
  10. morays
  11. Morayshire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moray (page history and authors); Moray (page history and authors); moray (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moray (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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