Tom's hand was bitten by a moray eel.
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Moray
//ˈmɒ.ɹeɪ//
Synonyms for "moray" (4 found)
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Related words (2)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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24 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μύραινα noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мурена noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Catalan
1 entries- morena noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 海鱔 /海鳝 noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Czech
1 entries- muréna noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Finnish
1 entries- mureena noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
French
1 entries- murène noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Galician
1 entries- morea noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
German
1 entries- Muräne noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Greek
1 entries- σμέρνα noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Hungarian
1 entries- muréna noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Italian
1 entries- murena noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Japanese
1 entries- 鱓 noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Latin
1 entries- mūraena noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Middle Armenian
2 entries- փողոշ noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
- փողոշուկ noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Polish
1 entries- murena noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Portuguese
1 entries- moreia noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Russian
1 entries- муре́на noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mùrina noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
- му̀рина noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Spanish
1 entries- morena noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Swedish
1 entries- muräna noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Turkish
1 entries- müren balığı noun (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
My nose was 5 inches from a moray eel.
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I was bitten by a moray eel.
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A moray eel bit me.
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