Muraenid
/mjʊəˈriːnɪd/noun
A member of the moray eel family (Muraenidae).
Did you know?The family name Muraenidae ultimately goes back to Latin and Greek words for moray eels, animals so strange-looking that classical authors treated them as almost monster-like.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
μυραινα (myraina)
“moray eel”
Latin
Lat
muraena
“moray eel”
New Latin
NL
Muraenidae
“the moray eel family”
Modern English
Eng
muraenid
“a member of the moray eel family”