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moray

[ UK /mˈɔːɹe‍ɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɔɹeɪ, mɝˈeɪ/ ]
NOUN
  1. family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked

How To Use moray In A Sentence

  • Moray eels, garfish and trumpetfish were roaming and snapping at a plethora of potential prey.
  • With its elongated snake-like body, the Leopard Moray eel moves very gently from one end to the other in the tank.
  • Moray eels, nudibranchs, stingrays, shellfish, sea urchins and sea stars were out and about, while the polyps of black corals and other gorgonians were feeding.
  • I was proud to be involved in the campaign for a maternity unit for Moray.
  • On four dives there we would see a hawksbill turtle, huge parrotfish, various morays ranging from massive to tiny, jack, snapper, batfish and numerous other species.
  • There were plenty of fish: blue-striped grunts, moray eels, butterflyfish, bright yellow trumpetfish and multi-coloured wrasse.
  • Scientists have observed a dolphin trying to get a reluctant moray eel to come out of its crevice by poking it with the spiny body of a dead scorpionfish.
  • Nationalist stalwarts foregather in Elgin tonight to adopt their candidate for the forthcoming Moray by-election, now declared for April 27.
  • This was typical Red Sea diving, rich with corals and sponges and teeming with fish, one coral head housing a couple of morays that had been there for more than 11 years.
  • The cottages have windows in the floors that reveal a rich parade of marine life: bonefish, jacks, garfish and whip morays.
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