"tropical eel-like fish," 1620s, from Portuguese moreia, from Latin muraena "sea eel, lamprey," from Greek smyraina, from smyros "sea eel."
morass
moratoria
moratorium
Moravia
Moravian
moray
morbid
morbidity
mordacious
mordant
Mordecai
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