HyperDic: moray_eel

English > 1 sense of the expression moray eel:
NOUNanimalmoray eel, morayfamily of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters
English > moray eel: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningfamily of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger / larger species are dangerous if provoked.
Synonymmoray
Member ofMuraenidae, family Muraenidaemarine eels
Broadereelvoracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
Spanishmorena
Catalanmorena

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