moray (mora)

[Also maray, muray, murry; origin uncertain.] One of many apodal eellike fishes of the family Murænid a, and especially of the genus Muræna, of which there are several subdivisions, as Sidera. The spotted moray is M. ( Sidera ) moringa, of the tropical Atlantic, Spotted Moray ( Sidera moringa ). Mordella or conical pitted pileus. It includes M. escu lent a, the morel. Other species of the genus are eaten. See morel2. mordacious (môr-dā'shus), a. [= OF. mordace = Sp. Pg. mordaz = It. mordace, morbidez = F. morbid e e ), sickline , delicacy, ural flesh. IMG:content-0948.png:[blocks in formation] There are no women to chaff with, and to rub your mind out of its morbidity . S. Bowles, in Merriam, I. 369. 2. The proportion of diseased persons in a community; the sick-rate. [Recent.] This term, which is of recent introduction, is employed to denote the amount of disease or illne existing in a given community; and, as "mortality" expre es the death-rate, so morbidity indicates the sick-rate, whether the disease be fatal or not. Quain, Med. Dict., p. 998. morbidly (môrʼbid-li), adv. In a morbid or diseased manner; in a way that indicates a diseased or morbid condition. See morbid, 1. The actions of men amply prove that the faculty which gives birth to those arts is morbidly active. Macaulay, Dryden. morbidne (môr'bid-nes), n. The state of being morbid, diseased, sickly, or unsound; morbidity. morbiferal (môr-bif'e-ral), a. [As morbiferous + -al.] Bringing or inducing disease. Notices of the Pre resembling certificates to the virtues of various morbiferal panaceas. Lowell , Biglow Papers, Notices of an Independent Pre . morbiferous (môr-bif'e-rus), a. [ biferus , morbifer , morbus , illne , + ferre = E. bear1 .] Bringing or producing disease; morbific.