Murrayn.1
/ˈmʌri/, U.S. /ˈməri/, Australian English /ˈmʌri/ Chiefly Australian. In the names of animals and plants associated with the Murray River.
1. Murray cod n. a very large serranid food fish, Maccullochella peeli, found in the Murray and other Australian rivers, which is dark green mottled with blue.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > maccullochella macquariensis (Murray cod)
Murray cod1843
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > other edible fish
dogdrave1227
lamprey1297
lingc1300
loach1357
tench1390
carpc1440
rougetc1485
anchovy1582
pompano1598
tai1620
alewife1633
tug-whitingc1650
weakfish1686
ten-pounder1699
fire-flaira1705
tusk1707
porgy1725
katsuo1727
rockfish1731
tautog1750
sea bass1765
Albany beef1779
sable1810
Murray cod1843
paradise fish1858
spot1864
strawberry bass1867
nannygai1871
maomao1873
spotfish1875
strawberry perch1877
milkfish1880
tarwhine1880
tile-fish1881
latchett1882
tile1893
anago1895
flake1906
branzino1915
rascasse1921
lampuki1925
red fish1951
1843 S. Austral. News (London) 15 Dec. 166/2 So plentiful are the Murray cod that the men at the station merely throw out their lines in the evening and the next morning they find them full.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 112/2 A very fine fresh-water fish is the Murray cod.
1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxxiv. 301 The Murray and the Darling and their tributaries contain a certain large, sluggish fish, which rather reminds one of a big carp, very delicious... They call him the Murray cod.
1952 Coast to Coast 1951–2 The bunyip..was about ten feet long with a body like a Murray cod with gleaming golden-yellow scales.
1994 New Scientist 16 Apr. 34/2 The huge Murray cod..can grow to 80 kilograms.
2. Murray lily n. the Darling lily, Crinum flaccidum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > allied flowers
summer fool1597
winter daffodil1615
Jacobaea lily1752
African tulip1759
Jacobean lily1770
haemanthus1771
alstroemeria1775
snowflake1777
chandelier lily1818
hippeastrum1821
clivia1828
Vallota1837
sprekelia1840
Murray lily1847
knight's star1855
Natal lily1855
Loddon lily1882
Peruvian lily1883
spider lily1887
1847 G. F. Angas Savage Life & Scenes Austral. & N.Z. I. 62 We frequently met with that large and beautiful straw-coloured amarryllis [sic], the Murray lily.
1877 F. von Müller Introd. Bot. Teachings xx. 119 This showy genus Crinum furnishes also Victoria with a beautiful species, the Murray Lily (Crinum flaccidum), not however to be found away from the Murray-River southward.
1962 J. H. Willis Handbk. Plants Victoria I. 326 Murray Lily (Darling Lily, Macquarie Crinum)..on a few sandy inundated flats along the Murray R. flood-plain.
3. Murray pine n. (also Murray River pine) any of several cypress pines, Australian cypress-like trees of the genus Callitris (family Cupressaceae), esp. the white cypress pine, C. glaucophylla; (also) the wood of such a tree, noted for its ant-resistant properties.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > cypress pine
red pine1760
callitris1814
Oyster Bay pine1832
cypress pine1847
Murray pine1853
mountain pine1910
1853 J. Sherer Gold Finder Austral. 188 A new tree, a species of pine, with foliage like a Scotch fir, but tapering like a larch or silver fir. Its cones are about the size of marbles. I believe it is the Murray pine.
1877 F. von Müller Introd. Bot. Teachings 38 Frenela or Callitris verrucosa,..known by the name Murray-Pine.
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 4 Jan. 17 Murray pine... A beautiful timber white-ant and rot resistant, and its dark rosewood heart and soft cream subcortical layers.
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) I. 362/1 C[allitris] glauca. Murray River Pine. Up to 100 ft... Widely distributed. The wood is in constant use in Australia.
1972 H. M. Anderson & L. J. Blake John Shaw Neilson 124 The blockies' homes, more than one built of Murray pine logs in cabin style.
1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 26 Nov. 28/3 The country is..undulating, with..Grey Box, Yellow Box..and Murray Pine timber remaining.
4. Murray catfish n. an edible freshwater catfish, Tandanus tandanus (family Plotosidae), formerly widespread in the Murray River, which is greenish brown on the upper part of the body and paler below.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > anarrhicas lupus (wolf-fish)
sea-wolf1390
wolf's-foot1443
wolf-fish1569
swine-fish1598
sea-cat1601
catfish1620
stone-biter1731
rock salmon1831
swine1844
Murray catfish1873
rock eel1969
1873 F. De Castelnau Edible Fishes Victoria 15 The Murray catfish (Copidoglanis Tandanus) from the Murray River. It is a hideous-looking fish, but fit for the table.
1932 H. Priest Call of Bush 48 To what family the Murray catfish belongs I do not know. It is a most unappetizing creature to find on the end of your line.
1954 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Nov. 12/1 Murray catfish..is sold cut up and labelled ‘Murray cutlets’.
5. Murray crayfish n. (also Murray River crayfish) a large freshwater crayfish, Euastacus armatus (family Parastacidae), having large white pincers; the flesh of this crayfish used as food. Cf. yabby n. a.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > lobster > crayfish
scrayfish1309
river crab?c1425
crayfisha1475
crevis fish1688
rock lobster1810
koura1847
Murray crayfish1880
yabby1886
cray1906
marron1943
mudbug1955
1878 R. B. Smyth Aborigines Victoria I. 205 The cray-fish commonly found in creeks and ponds—the larger Murray one (Astacoides serratus), and the smaller (A. quinquecarinatus) afford excellent food.]
1880 ‘Old Hand’ Experiences of Colonist i. 79 The antennae of a number of Murray crayfish.
1944 A. Marshall These are my People 28 He brought us a bag of Murray River crayfish.
1971 W. A. Winter-Irving Beyond Bitumen 123 Murray crayfish..took hours to prepare but we thought them the best of all food.
1985 Sydney Morning Herald 6 Feb. 6/4 He said that the open season on murray crayfish (yabbies) would be closed soon.
6. Murray perch n. any of various percoid fishes of the Murray and other Australian rivers; esp. the golden perch, Macquaria ambigua, and the Macquarie perch, M. australasica.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of Oligorus or Plectroplites (Murray perch)
grouper1615
butterfish1673
yellowbelly1775
Murray perch1880
callop1907
1880 G. Walch Victoria in 1880 124 Our noble old 1400-mile river, the Murray..produces..that finny monster, the Murray cod, together with his less bulky, equally flavourless congener, the Murray perch.
1897 ‘Old Housekeeper’ Austral. Plain Cookery 46 Murray perch..is considered a delicious fish by many, and is rather troublesome to clean.
1951 T. C. Roughley Fish & Fisheries Austral. 147 In New South Wales it [sc. the callop, Plectroplites ambiguus] was until recently referred to as golden perch or yellowbelly,..in Queensland and Western Australia as Murray perch.
7. Murray red gum n. the river red gum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, which is very plentiful along the Murray River.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees
yellow box1662
gum tree1676
white gum tree1733
whip-stick1782
peppermint1790
red gum tree1790
red mahogany1798
white gum1798
box1801
blue gum1802
eucalyptus1809
box tree1819
black-butted gum1820
bloodwood1827
white ash1830
blackbutt1833
morrel1837
mountain ash1837
mallee scrub1845
apple gum1846
flooded gum1847
Moreton Bay ash1847
mallee1848
swamp gum1852
box-gum1855
manna gum1855
white top1856
river gum1860
grey box1861
woolly butt1862
marlock1863
fever tree1867
red ironbark1867
river white gum1867
karri1870
yellow jacket1876
eucalypt1877
yapunyah1878
coolibah1879
scribbly gum1883
forest mahogany1884
yellow jack1884
rose gum1885
Jimmy Low1887
nankeen gum1889
slaty gum1889
sugar-gum1889
apple box1890
Murray red gum1895
creek-gum1898
eucalyptian1901
forest red gum1904
river red gum1920
napunyah1921
whitewash gum1923
ghost gum1928
snow gum1928
Sydney blue gum1932
salmon gum1934
lapunyah1940
1895 J. H. Maiden Notes Commerc. Timbers New S. Wales 13 Murray red gum..is the red gum par excellence of the Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
1953 A. Russell Murray Walkabout 204 The Murray red gum, with its enormous bole, trunk-like arms and hardwood character is a most valuable tree to the timber-getter.
1981 L. A. S. Johnson in F. B. Hora Oxf. Encycl. Trees of World 218/2 The following is a sample of eucalypts grown outside Australia in warm temperate regions: E. calophylla (Marri, Red Gum), E. camaldulensis (Murray red gum), [etc.].
8. Murray magpie n. the magpie lark or peewee, Grallina cyanoleuca; = mudlark n. 3b, peewee n.1 2.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Grallinidae > grallina cyanoleuca (magpie lark)
magpie lark1843
peewee1879
mudlark1898
Murray magpie1940
1940 L. E. Sheard Austral. Youth among Desert Aborigines (1964) 5 Remarking on the number of ‘Murray Magpies’ about, the hotel proprietor told us that these birds have been proved by tagging to migrate to the north of Japan.
1953 A. Russell Murray Walkabout 107 The magpie-lark, colloquially called the Murray magpie, or peewit, whose plaintive peewit-like notes are seldom silent on these river banks and backwaters.
1983 Austral. Women's Weekly Aug. 20/3 A mudlark is a black and white bird that builds its mud nest high in a tree. That is, in Victoria. It's a peewee in NSW and a Murray magpie in South Australia.
9. Murray grey n. an Australian breed of silver to grey, polled beef cattle, first bred in the Murray River valley, and derived from crossing the Aberdeen Angus with the Illawarra shorthorn; a cow of this breed.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun]
oxeOE
bullock1535
beef1583
bovine1845
Murray grey1963
1963 Pastoral Rev. & Graziers' Rec. 18 Oct. 1135 The unusual feature of this year's beef cattle section was the inclusion for the first time of two breeds, Galloways and Murray Greys.
1975 L. A. Pockley Handbk. for Jackeroos 50 Murray Grey... They have a grey colour, are polled and have a very thick and meaty conformation.
1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock ii. 22 There [i.e. in Australia] the Murray Grey originated when, starting in 1905, a series of grey calves was born to a light roan Shorthorn cow which had been mated with an Aberdeen-Angus bull.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Murrayn.2
/ˈmʌri/, U.S. /ˈməri/ Any of a series of guidebooks for travellers produced by John Murray, a London publisher, covering Great Britain and Europe, and other parts of the world (more fully Murray's guide, Murray's guidebook). Also: any of a series of British railway timetables published by John Murray (more fully Murray's timetable). Also figurative.The first Murray was published in 1836 and is now regarded as the first modern tourist guide; its publication preceded by a few years the launch of Karl Baedeker's famous rival series. Vividly written and with detailed practical information and advice, Murrays became the most popular guidebooks among British travellers in the 19th cent.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > guidebook > specific
Murray1845
Baedeker1863
Blue Guide1918
Michelin guide1921
Michelin1958
1845 W. M. Thackeray Legends of Rhine in G. Cruikshank's Table-bk. Sept. 198 Crowds of English,..armed with Murray's guide-books.
1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain viii. 86 A solitary wanderer..can read the book of Spain..dwelling on what he likes, and skipping what he does not, as with a red Murray.
1862 E. C. Gaskell Let. 23 July (1966) 927 We stopped all night in a clean hotel... It is not down in Murray, but ought to be for its cleanliness, civility, and moderate charges.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 183 Murray..did not exist in those days; the courier was a private Murray.
1925 A. Huxley Along the Road i. 42 Old guide-books..make excellent travelling-companions. An early Murray is a treasure.
1961 Economist 18 Mar. 1047/2 Murray's ABC Time-Table (now a pocketbook..) which sells 75,000 monthly in its two editions for Glasgow and Edinburgh.
1961 E. M. Forster Alexandria (ed. 3) p. xv I have always respected guidebooks—particularly the earlier Baedekers and Murrays.
1990 R. Fisk Pity Nation iii. 58 The country still seemed to be—as Murray's guide pointed out in 1892—guaranteed by the Christian powers.
Derivatives
ˈMurray-less adj. rare
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1864 Daily Tel. 26 Sept. 5/1 I hope he found his ‘Murray’ again, for one would not willingly see him wandering..Murray-less and unguarded.
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