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muræna, murena|mjʊˈriːnə|
Also anglicized 6–8 murene.
[a. L. mūræna, mūrēna sea-eel, lamprey, a. Gr. µύραινα, also σµύραινα, a fem. formation on µύρος, σµῦρος sea-eel. Cf. F. murène (whence perh. the form murene above), Sp. morena, Pg. moreia (whence moray), It. murena.]
In early use applied vaguely as the name of a kind of eel mentioned by ancient writers. Now usually, a fish of the genus Muræna, the type of the family Murænidæ or Eels.
1555Eden Decades 200 Manates & murene & many other fysshes which haue no names. 1601Holland Pliny I. 248 Hee caused certain slaues condemned to die, to be put into the stewes where these Lampreies or Murænes were kept. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The Muræna and lamprey, called by the Latin authors, lampetra, are two very different fishes. 1835Sir J. Ross Narr. 2nd Voy. xlvii. 620 Could we have dug out of Herculaneum or Pompeii..a muræna fattened on Syrian slaves. 1899Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 685 Murenas are only eaten by the negroes. |