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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mo•ray /ˈmɔreɪ, mɔˈreɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -rays. - Fisha tropical eel.
Also called ˈmo•ray ˌeel. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mo•ray (môr′ā, mōr′ā; mô rā′, mō-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -rays. - Fishany of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins. Also called mo′ray eel′.
- Greek mý̄raina lamprey
- Latin mūraena
- Portuguese moréia
- 1615–25, American.
Mor•ay (mûr′ē),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa historic county in NE Scotland, on Moray Firth. Formerly, Elgin.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: moray /mɒˈreɪ/ n ( pl -rays)- any voracious marine coastal eel of the family Muraenidae, esp Muraena helena, marked with brilliant patterns and colours
Etymology: 17th Century: from Portuguese moréia, from Latin mūrēna, from Greek muraina Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Moray /ˈmʌrɪ/ n - a council area and historical county of NE Scotland: part of Grampian region from 1975 to 1996: mainly hilly, with the Cairngorm mountains in the S. Administrative centre: Elgin. Pop: 87 460 (2003 est). Area: 2238 sq km (874 sq miles)
Former name: Elgin
Moray, Murray /ˈmʌrɪ/ n - 1st Earl of, title of James Stuart. ?1531–70, regent of Scotland (1567–70) following the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, his half-sister. He defeated Mary and Bothwell at Langside (1568); assassinated by a follower of Mary
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