NOUN | animal | moray eel, moray | family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters |
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Meaning | family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger / larger species are dangerous if provoked. | |
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Synonym | moray | |
Member of | Muraenidae, family Muraenidae | marine eels |
Broader | eel | voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins |
Spanish | morena | |
Catalan | morena |
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