How to Use moray eel in a Sentence

moray eel

noun

• Manta rays glide gracefully over the reef, as moray eels pop out of the coral crevices when a meal comes into view.
  — Alex Stuckey, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Jan. 2018
• Not Impressed In Sea World's aquarium, rock-like crabs and moray eels hardly seemed to notice the tourists pressing their noses against the glass walls of the creatures' homes.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Suddenly, a snowflake moray eel named Qani heaves its muscled bucatini of a body out of the water and onto the ramp.
  — New York Times, 22 June 2021
• Or oversize moray eels waiting to sink their fangs into the soft flesh of unsuspecting human prey.
  — Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
• Another speared lionfish was offered to a green moray eel.
  — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2021
• Find venomous and beautiful lionfish with their long flowing fins, spiny scorpionfish and the blackedge moray eel with its long fin running the entire length of its body.
  — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 2 Mar. 2020
• Mutton snapper, large stingrays, spotted eagle rays and moray eels are also common.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2020
• Not relying on water means that a moray eel foraging on land can snarf down dinner without needing to call off the hunt by returning to the water.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2021
• Located across from Legoland in Grapevine Mills mall, the aquarium has a sea turtle rescue center, a shipwreck area that’s home to a green moray eel, a jellyfish nursery, a stingray bay and more.
  — Deborah Fleck, Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2020
• Typically, Muller has seen the hermit crabs in crevices within underwater dens shared by lobsters and moray eels.
  — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 31 Jan. 2017
• Just a South Pacific coral reef pulsing with a carnival of color, including a rare sighting of a free-swimming moray eel, a hawksbill sea turtle, and immense schools of snapper, convict tangs and jacks.
  — John Briley, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2020
• The ocean includes a diverse variety of life to watch—including the brown moray eel, giant anemone, Atlantic trumpetfish, yellow barracuda, flaming reef lobsters and zebra seabream.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021
• Scuba diving with hammerhead sharks, moray eels, and sea lions at Isla Espíritu Santo or stand-up paddle boarding at secluded beaches such as Balandra.
  — Jenny Peters, National Geographic, 25 July 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024