Associations to the word «Moray»

Wiktionary

MORAY, noun. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
MORAY, proper noun. A county in northern Scotland.
MORAY EEL, noun. Any of various brightly colored marine eels of the family Muraenidae, of warm coastal waters.
MORAY EELS, noun. Plural of moray eel

Dictionary definition

MORAY, noun. Family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats