Definition of "muraena" [‖Mu•ræ•na]

• A genus of large eels of the family Murænidæ. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muræna Helenæ) of Southern Europe was the muræna of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish. (noun)

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• "For of the lanky fishes, the conger has no such egg, nor the muraena, and the eel has no egg at all."
• "The grey mullet is often found alive with its tail lopped off, and the conger with all that part of its body removed that lies to the rear of the vent; in the case of the mullet the injury is wrought by the basse, in that of the conger-eel by the muraena."
• "The muraena also hides, and the orphus or sea-perch, and the conger."