moray eel

English - Turkish

Definition of moray eel in English Turkish dictionary

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Müren balığı

Tom'un eli bir müren balığı tarafından ısırıldı. - Tom's hand was bitten by a moray eel.

murana

Tom'un eli bir murana tarafından ısırıldı. - Tom's hand was bitten by a moray eel.

English - English

Definition of moray eel in English English dictionary

Any of various brightly colored marine eels of the family Muraenidae, of warm coastal waters

moray: family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked

Hyphenation

Mor·ay eel

Turkish pronunciation

mırey il

Pronunciation

/mərˈā ˈēl/ /mɜrˈeɪ ˈiːl/

Etymology

[ m&-'rA-, 'mor-(")A- ] (noun.) 1926. Portuguese moréia, from Latin muraena, from Greek myraina.