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单词 muraena
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muraena

/mjʊˈriːnə/
(also murena)
noun
In early use: an eel-like fish mentioned by ancient writers. Later: a moray eel, specifically one of the genus Muraena; (in form Muraena) the genus itself.
  • Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 244..

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Eden (c1520–1576), translator. From classical Latin mūraena, mūrēna a kind of eel, a moray (and, by confusion, a lamprey) from ancient Greek μύραινα, also σμύραινα, perhaps from the same Indo-European base as smear.

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