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moral eels

German translation: Muräne


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English term or phrase:moral eel
German translation:Muräne
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12:49 Dec 13, 2005
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Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / fish
English term or phrase: moral eels
Noch eine Fischart, von denen ich nicht weiss, wie sie auf deutsch heißt...
SonjaR
Local time: 11:05
moray eel?
Explanation:
If it's a moray eel, it is a "Muräne" in German
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Christian
Local time: 18:05
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Nochmal Danke!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2moray eel?
Christian
3 +2Muräne
Ricki Farn
4Muränen
Eckhard Boehle


Discussion entries: 5





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
moray eel?


Explanation:
If it's a moray eel, it is a "Muräne" in German

Christian
Local time: 18:05
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Nochmal Danke!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ricki Farn: Hihi, ich glaube, wir beiden gehen gerade zusammen fischen
2 mins
  -> Ja, lass uns losgehen! Ist doch viel besser, als den ganzen Tag im Büro zu sitzen.

agree  Steffen Walter: Siehe http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8207 + http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8207&la...
4 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Muräne


Explanation:
Tippfehler für "Moray Eel", zu finden in Google über den lateinischen Namen "Gymnothorax"



    Reference: http://www.starfish.ch/collection/morayeel.html
Ricki Farn
Local time: 18:05
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: Genau, oder Muränenaale - siehe http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8207 + http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8207&la...
3 mins

agree  Eckhard Boehle: But it occurs so often that I don't belive it's a typo, but just a variant spelling
8 mins
  -> Oder eine Verschwörung der Spellchecker, die das immer wieder in "moral" ändern?
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Muränen


Explanation:
There is a lot of evidence that "moral eel" is the same as "muray" which is "Muräne" in German:

CoralRealm .. Moray Eel Photo Gallery
CoralRealm Moral Eel gallery. Moray eels occur in all tropical and subtropical seas.
They are most abundant in shallow water on coral and rocky reefs. ...
www.coralrealm.com/fish/moraygallery.html

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Snowflake Moral Eel Coloring Page
Print page | Close window.
www.mbayaq.org/lc/kids_place/activities/pnd_print_moray.htm...

Spotted Moral Eel
First · Previous · Next · Last · Index · Home · Text. Slide 14 of 33.
www.psych.utoronto.ca/~joordens/courses/PsyA01/Chapter14/sl...

Eckhard Boehle
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