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Muraenidae

noun

marine eels

• Syn: ↑family Muraenidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anguilliformes, ↑order Anguilliformes, ↑order Apodes

• Member Meronyms: ↑moray, ↑moray eel

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\\-rēnəˌdē, -ren-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Muraena, type genus + -idae

: a family of eels comprising the morays

Useful english dictionary. 2012.