moray

UK: 'moray': /ˈmɒreɪ/, /mɒˈreɪ/; 'Moray': /ˈmʌrɪ/

US: /ˈmɔreɪ, mɔˈreɪ/

US: (môr′ā, mōr′ā; mô rā′, mō-)

Inflections of 'moray' (n): npl: morays

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

mo•ray /ˈmɔreɪ, mɔˈreɪ/   n. [countable] , pl. -rays. 

1. Fish a tropical eel.

Also called ˈmo•ray ˌeel. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

mo•ray  (môr′ā, mōr′ā; mô rā′, mō-), n., pl. -rays. 

1. Fish any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins. Also called mo′ray eel′. 

• Greek mý̄raina lamprey
• Latin mūraena
• Portuguese moréia
• 1615–25, American.

Mor•ay  (mûr′ē), n. 

1. Place Names a historic county in NE Scotland, on Moray Firth. Formerly, Elgin. 

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moray / mɒˈreɪ/ noun ( -rays)

1. any voracious marine coastal eel of the family Muraenidae, esp Muraena helena, marked with brilliant patterns and colours

Etymology: 17th Century: from Portuguese moréia, from Latin mūrēna, from Greek muraina

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Moray / ˈmʌrɪ/ noun

1. a council area and historical county of NE Scotland: part of Grampian region from 1975 to 1996: mainly hilly, with the Cairngorm mountains in the South Administrative centre: Elgin. Pop: 87 460 (2003 est). Area: 2238 sq km (874 sq miles)
   Former name: Elgin

Moray, Murray / ˈmʌrɪ/ noun

1. 1st Earl of, title of James Stuart. ?1531–70, regent of Scotland (1567–70) following the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, his half-sister. He defeated Mary and Bothwell at Langside (1568); assassinated by a follower of Mary