Crossword clues for moray
moray
- Eel variety
- Eellike fish
- Type of eel
- Large marine eel
- Snakelike tropical swimmer
- Reef-dwelling eel
- Marine eel
- Eel with sharp teeth
- Eel with gills
- Eel type
- Conger's kin
- Certain eel
- Tropical reef denizen
- Scaleless eel
- Saltwater eel
- Razor-toothed swimmer
- Razor-toothed reef dweller
- Grouper predator
- Fearsome eel
- Eel with a second set of jaws
- Eel in a punned song title
- Double-jawed eel
- Coral reef denizen, perhaps
- Carnivorous eel
- Conger's cousin
- Feared eel
- Reef predator
- Conger cousin
- Kind of eel
- Encounter for a reef diver, maybe
- Reef denizen
- Generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
- Family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters
- Tropical eel or Scottish county
- Savage eel
- Vicious eel
- Ichthyologist's specimen
- Firth in Scotland
- Hazard for skin divers
- Voracious eel
- Dangerous eel
- Brightly colored eel
- Colorful eel
- Eel — and second fish — in this firth?
- Snakelike fish
- Marine predator
- Sharp-toothed eel
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moray \Mor"ay\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A mur[ae]na.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Portuguese moreia, from Latin muraena "sea eel, lamprey," from Greek smyraina, from smyros "sea eel."
Wiktionary
n. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
WordNet
n. family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked [syn: moray eel]
Wikipedia
Moray ( ; or , , ) is one of the 32 Local Government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.
Between 1975 and 1996 Moray, with similar boundaries, was a district of the then Grampian Region.
Moray is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
A rural constituency, Elgin is the main town, with the rest of the population sprinkled across several small fishing and farming communities.
Moray is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Moray or Muray ( Quechua) is an archaeological site in Peru approximately 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Cuzco on a high plateau at about 3,500 m (11,500 ft) and just west of the village of Maras. The site contains unusual Inca ruins, mostly consisting of several enormous terraced circular depressions, the largest of which is approximately 30 m (98 ft) deep. As with many other Inca sites, it also has a sophisticated irrigation system.
The purpose of these depressions is uncertain, but their depth, design, and orientation with respect to wind and sun creates a temperature difference of as much as 15 °C (27 °F) between the top and the bottom. It is possible that this large temperature difference was used by the Inca to study the effects of different climatic conditions on crops. Speculation about the site has led to discussion about Moray as an Inca agricultural experiment station. Its microclimatic conditions and other significant characteristics led to the use of the site as a center for the ancient study of domestication, acclimatization, and hybridization of wild vegetable species that were modified or adapted for human consumption.
Moray may refer to:
Places in Scotland
- Moray Firth, a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea
- Moray, one of the 32 current council areas of Scotland
- Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency), a constituency of the Scottish Parliament
- Moray (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency of the UK Parliament
- County of Moray, a registration county of Scotland
History of Moray
- Mormaer of Moray, a former lordship of High Medieval Scotland destroyed in 1130
- Earl of Moray
Other uses
- Moray (name)
- Moray eel, a family of large eels found throughout the world's oceans
- Moray (Inca ruin), a town in Peru noted for a large complex of unusual Inca ruins
- USS Moray (SS-300), a United States Navy submarine
- Moray, Kansas, a community in the United States
- Moray Marathon, Scotland's longest running marathon
- Moray House School of Education, a school within the University of Edinburgh
- Moray Place, a major street in Dunedin, New Zealand
- Moray, an interactive 3-D modeling companion program to POV-Ray computer graphics software
Moray is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Andrew Moray, military leader during the Anglo-Scottish conflict of the late 1290
- Ann Moray (1909–1981), Welsh singer and novelist
- Jim Moray (born 1981), English singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
- John Moray Stuart-Young (1881–1939), English poet
- Sir Robert Moray (1608/9–1673), Scottish soldier, freemason and natural philosopher
- Thomas Henry Moray (1892–1974), American inventor involved in "free energy" generation
- Stella Moray (1923–2006), English actress
Given name:
- Moray Callum (born 1958) , Scottish automobile designer
- Moray Hunter (born 1958), Scottish comedian
- Moray Low (born 1984), Scottish rugby player
- Moray Watson (born 1928), English actor
Usage examples of "moray".
When he looked back the way he had come he could see the Gull of Moray anchored not far off a tiny rind of beach that clung precariously to the foot of the soaring rocky cliffs where the mountains fell into the sea.
The chain of the Mormaer of Moray lay in linked pairs of silver rings across his chest, fastened with the broad penannular ring which was his badge of office.
Moray Firth and the Firth of Forth, well north of the Tweed, the Kings of Scotland had long claimed the right to rule all of the territory south of Lothian as far as Rere Crossing.
Each time the lookout hailed the quarterdeck, Hal went aloft himself, longing to see the top sails of a square-rigged ship come up over the horizon, and to recognize the set of the Gull of Moray.
Thus we will patent the Cadbury clown fish, the British Petroleum stag coral, the Marks and Spencer moray eel, the Royal Bank of Scotland angelfish, and gliding silently overhead, the British Airways manta ray.
At the Inverness Parliament the Earl of Atholl and Thomas Randolph offered Bruce their allegiance, the Earl of Atholl was then confirmed in his lands and Randolph was given the Earldom of Moray.
Andrew, son of Sir Andrew de Moray, had led one in Moray, Boharm in Banffshire and Avoch in the Black Isle.
During 1297 several risings had occurred, Andrew, son of Sir Andrew de Moray, had led one in Moray, Boharm in Banffshire and Avoch in the Black Isle.
Sir Ensor, a wild rebellious son of an Earl of Moray, who travelled with his wife to Exmoor, and settled there, in a rage because the king would give him no redress against his elder brother.
The chain of the Mormaer of Moray lay in linked pairs of silver rings across his chest, fastened with the broad penannular ring which was his badge of office.
Maelsnechta, Mormaer of Moray by inheritance from his father, lived until 1085.
He was unfortunately unaware that the murder victim left a daughter, Gruoch, who was betrothed to a young Scot called Mac Beth, Mormaer of Moray, a man also of royal descent.
Over the past fifteen years, he had lived through three plane crashes, an attack by a wounded lioness, bites from sharks and moray eels, scorpion stings and infestation by a succession of exotic parasites and amoebas that had caused, among other inconveniences, the temporary loss of all body hair and the sloughing of the skin from his tongue and penis.
The monitor is now awash in underwater rainbows from the Great Barrier Reef along with an infinity of tiny corals, sponges, scorpion and lionfish, goatfish, clownfish, moray eels, and sea stars.
Tall for her age, she'd grow to be taller-though not so tall, Rissa hoped, as the twenty decimeters of Tregare's father, Hawkman Moray.