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# moray

«moray» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, snake-like fish with sharp teeth that lives in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a moray, morays); also moray eel

### meaning for a pupil

1) A moray, or moray eel, is a long, snake-like fish with sharp teeth that lives in holes in coral reefs and rocks in warm seas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#m1)

2) (a name) Moray is also an area in the north-east of Scotland, and the Moray Firth is a sea inlet there famous for dolphins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about oceans, coral reefs and predators; in Scottish geography. Morays open and close their mouths to breathe, which makes them look scary. Phrases: «moray eel», «Moray Firth».

### examples

- A moray eel peeked out of its hole in the reef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#x1)
- Moray eels have two sets of jaws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#x2)
- Divers keep their hands away from moray eels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#x3)
- The moray looked fierce but stayed in its hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#x4)
- We saw dolphins in the Moray Firth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#x5)
- Moray is in the north of Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#x6)
- Morays hunt fish and octopus at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#x7)
- Cleaner shrimps clean the moray eel's teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/#x8)

### note

Say «MOR-ay» or «muh-RAY». Countable. The place name Moray has a capital M and is said «MURR-ee» by Scots. Do not confuse with «Murray» or «morel».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «moray» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moray/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.