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muraenoid

muraenoid adjective: belongingto the moray eels (genus Muraena) or others in family Muraenidae.

Adjective

muraenoid (comparative more muraenoid, superlative most muraenoid)

  1. Belongingto the moray eels (genus Muraena) or others in family Muraenidae.

Noun

muraenoid (plural muraenoids)

  1. A moray eel

Forms of muraenoid

Adjective
comparativemore muraenoid
superlativemost muraenoid
alternative formmurenoid
Noun
pluralmuraenoids

Origin of muraenoid

From taxonomic name Muraena + -oid.

Questions about muraenoid

What does muraenoid mean?
Muraenoid means belongingto the moray eels (genus Muraena) or others in family Muraenidae.
What part of speech is muraenoid?
Muraenoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near muraenoid in the dictionary

  1. muraena
  2. muraenesocid
  3. muraenesocids
  4. muraenid
  5. muraenids
  6. muraenoid
  7. muraenoids
  8. muraenolepidid
  9. muraenolepidids
  10. murage
  11. murages

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